Charles Frank VOUSDEN

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VOUSDEN, Charles Frank

Service Number:	1020
Enlisted:	2 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bromley, Kent, England, 1882
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia, 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

2 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1020, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1020, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1020, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
26 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1020, 17th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the face.
28 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion, From 17th Battalion. At Windmill Hill, England
11 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Infantry Battalion, From 63rd Battalion
28 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1020, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to bronchitis

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of David Vousden and Harriet Vousden of Wellington Road, Bromley Kent, England

Husband of Beatrice Mercy Vousden nee Wheeler of Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent, England. Charles and Beatrice married on 20 December 1916 in the Parich Church, Wareham, England. Rev. Blackett officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 4 December 1918 aboard HT Somerset disembarking on 15 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney by rail.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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