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VASSIE, John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 10856 |
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Enlisted: | 20 December 1915 |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF) |
Born: | London, England, 1890 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Contractor |
Died: | Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 6 August 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremated and the ashes scattered at the cemetery |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 10856, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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20 Dec 1915: | Enlisted | |
25 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 10856, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
25 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 10856, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
26 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Australian Veterinary Hospital, From 3rd Divisional Signal Company | |
7 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), From Veterinarian Hospitla | |
20 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 10856, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Discharged at the 5th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his sister Marion Vassie of South Fields Road, Bedford Park, London, England.
Return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Main disembarking on 27 September 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In 1957 John was residing in Reservior, Victoria