Bernard VANT

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Service Number:	27601
Enlisted:	14 January 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	London, England, 16 January 1888
Home Town:	Greenbushes, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Employee
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 20 May 1979, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Palm Court Services Wall of Memory C1, Site 0028
Memorials:

14 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 27601, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Perth, WA
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked Driver, 27601, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Borda, Melbourne
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement Driver, 27601, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 27601, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Wound to the forehead
11 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
30 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 27601, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed
21 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 27601, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of William Vant and Grace Vant of London, England

Husband of Alice Edith Vant nee Clifford of 'Brampton', Forest Road, Arncliffe, NSW. Bernard and Alice married during 1916c in Balmain, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 12 July 1919 at Melbourne

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal