Horace VAILLANT

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Service Number:	263
Enlisted:	1 June 1915, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	36th Heavy Artillery Group
Born:	Concepcion, Chile, 1892
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Roleystone, Western Australia, 20 February 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Dispersed at the cemetery
Memorials:

1 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 263, Siege Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
17 Jul 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 263, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 263, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
1 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 36th Heavy Artillery Group
27 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 263, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of John Vaillant and Marie Vaillant nee Mann of Flushing, Falmouth, Cornwall, England.

Husband of C.M. Vaillant of Oxford Road, Reading, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 28 May 1919. He later returned to England during the early 1920's.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal