Edward Roy VESSEY

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Service Number:	2241
Enlisted:	22 July 1915, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Adelaide, South Australia, 4 June 1892
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Sale, Victoria, Australia, 31 March 1973, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sale Public Cemetery Bronze lawn, Section A, Grave 53. Interred on 2 April 1973
Memorials:	Trinity Church Perth HR

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2241, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
1 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2241, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
1 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2241, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2241, 28th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the head. Embarked HS Newhaven for England on 21 October 1917
19 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2241, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as wounded

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Son of Alfred Charles Vessey and Alice Alitia Vessey nee Moran of Boulder Road, Kalgoorlie, WA formerly of Port Adelaide, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 17 June 1918 aboard HT Matarua disembarking on 8 August 1918

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

During 1939c Edward married Lily Mabel McPhail in Victoria