Wilfred Jack (Jack) VOIGT

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Service Number:	8286
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Brighton East, Victoria, Australia, 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 8286, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
22 Nov 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 8286, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 8286, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne
17 Jan 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 8286, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Shell wound to the forearm
19 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 8286, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Attestation paper is under the name of Wilfred Jack Voigt(aka Jack Wilfred)

Son of Francis Albert Voigt and Margaret Jane Voigt nee Evans of Port Campbell, Victoria formerly of Lawes Street, Hawthorn, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 20 Occtober 1919

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

During 1924c George married Nellie Eileen Reid in Victoria.