LILJEBLAD, Vaino Hillel Thomas
| Service Number: | 28018 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1916, Marrickville, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 4th Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Balmain South, New South Wales, Australia, 4 January 1898 |
| Home Town: | Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Rozelle Pubic School and Sydney Technical High School |
| Occupation: | Linotype operator |
| Died: | Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia, 15 July 1964, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis), Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service, Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 28018, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Marrickville, NSW | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Driver, 28018, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Driver, 28018, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
The eldest son of Captain Liljeblad, was born at Rozelle in 1898, and educated at the Rozelle Public School and the Sydney Technical High School. He entered the Sydney Morning Herald's composing department as an apprentice in 1913.
Volunteering for active service in April 1916, he enlisted as a Gunner in the Field Artillery, 38th Battery and was made Acting Sergeant. In England he attended a signalling school, and went to France as a Signaller, and saw a great deal of fighting, especially at Ypres and Passchendaele. Suffering from shell shock and trench feet he was invalided to England, and returned to Australia in June, 1918.
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