Joseph VURHAFT

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Service Number:	6327
Enlisted:	25 January 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Clermont All Saint's Parish Roll of Honor

25 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6327, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6327, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6327, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6327, 9th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the left arm and eyes. Arm was later amputated. Embarked HS St. Andrew for England on 2 October 1917
2 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6327, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to dementia praecox

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Arrived in Australia from China on 29 December 1912 aboard St. Albans disembarking at Cairns, QLD and applied for naturalisation on 18 July 1918

Address at the time of enlistment was given as Peoples' Palace Edward street, Brisbane, QLD.

Son of Fanny Vurhaft of Odessa, Russia.

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 23 March 1918 at Melbourne then overland to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In March 1924 he was living in Hayes Street, San Francisco, USA