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VOCE, Frank Higgins
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 799, V80180 |
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Enlisted: | 19 September 1914, Enlisted Balmoral Victoria allocated to F Company 14th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp on 1st October 1914 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 12 Garrison Battalion (VIC) |
Born: | Coleraine, Victoria, Australia, 20 October 1888 |
Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Coleraine State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Natural Causes, Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia, 16 March 1982, aged 93 years |
Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria RC Section |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 799, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Balmoral Victoria allocated to F Company 14th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp on 1st October 1914 | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 799, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 799, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
15 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 799, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW Nose / Face admitted to Mustapha Hospital Egypt for treatment and convalescence | |
29 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, I ANZAC Corps Headquarters, Posted to 1st ANZAC HQ France for duty | |
31 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Posted to 5th Army Headquarters France for duty | |
3 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, Posted back to 14th Battalion in the field France for duty | |
18 Sep 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Awarded MM for excellent Bayonet work on combat operations France September 1918 at Ascension Woods | |
31 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 799, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment 1914 personnel |
World War 2 Service
3 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V80180, Depot Battalion | |
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7 Oct 1939: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 12 Garrison Battalion (VIC) , Enlisted ANZAC House Melbourne Allocated to 12 Garrison Battalion Broadmeadows Camp for duty | |
12 Oct 1939: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 12 Garrison Battalion (VIC) | |
14 Aug 1941: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 12 Garrison Battalion (VIC) | |
19 Apr 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, V80180, 12 Garrison Battalion (VIC) , Discharged 3MD Caulfield Victoria Medically unfit Gastric Ulcer |
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