Victor William VIRTUE

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Service Number:	1923
Enlisted:	3 March 1916, Enlisted on Prahran, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Caulfield, Victoria, 5 March 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 5 March 1962 with ashes originally interred in the Boronia area, now expired
Memorials:

3 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1923, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted on Prahran, Victoria
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1923, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1923, 38th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
31 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 38th Battalion
13 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1923, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of William Virtue and Catherine Virtue nee Wilson of Roseberry Avenue, Brighton, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Soudan disembarking on 29 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Victory married Ivy May Burton in Victoria