Harold VAGUE

VAGUE, Harold

Service Number: 705
Enlisted: 21 January 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Army Medical Corps (AIF)
Born: Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Baker
Died: Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 6 May 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Dodonaea, Garden N9, Bed 4, Rose 15. Service held on 9 May 1952
Memorials: Creswick Honor Roll, Creswick School Pictorial Roll of Honour, North Creswick State School No 2041 Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

21 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 705, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 705, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 705, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
1 Dec 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Machine Gun Company, At Etaples
12 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 705, 15th Machine Gun Company, Wounds to the shoulder, wrist and leg. Embarked HS Newhaven on 20 May 1917 at Calais
30 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Medical Corps (AIF), At Sutton Veny, England
6 Aug 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 705, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Vague and Margaretta Vague nee Bennetts of 'Camp Hill, Creswick, Victoria.

Served a three year apprenticeship for baking with T.W. Ellis of North Creswick, Victoria

Next of kin given as his brother Stanley Vague of Camp Hill, Creswick, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1920 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on on 6 May 1920.

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