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VAUGHAN, Richard Rodd Theophilus
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 308 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Isisford, Longreach, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 5 December 1931, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 308, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 308, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 308, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 24 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), From Mining Corps | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 308, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Wound to the back | |
| 29 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 308, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 1st Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Reuben Vaughan and Annie Elizabeth Vaughan of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England later of Isisford, QLD
Next of kin given as his brother Augustus Reuben Vaughan of Isisford, QLD.
Commenced return to Australia on 20 April 1919 aboard HT Boonah disembarking on 11 June 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal