Thomas (Tommy) VAUGHAN

VAUGHAN, Thomas

    Other Name: VAUGHAN, Thomas Henry - Burial Records
    Service Number: 243
    Enlisted: 5 February 1916, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 39th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Garfield, Victoria, Australia, 14 April 1895
    Home Town: Garfield, Cardinia, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Pakenham, Victoria, Australia, 14 December 1957, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Pakenham Cemetery, Victoria
    Memorials: Pakenham South Honour Board, Pakenham South Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    5 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 243, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
    27 May 1916: Involvement Private, 243, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    27 May 1916: Embarked Private, 243, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    29 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 243, 39th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the left arm, back and buttock
    7 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 243, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to effort syndrome

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas Joseph Vaughan and Caroline Vaughan nee Baker of Garfield, Victoria.

    Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking at Fremantle with influenza then transhipped to SS Wyandra disembarking on 30 March 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Husband of Mary Ann Vaughan nee McCarthy. Thomas and Mary married during 1920c in Victoria

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