Victor Westlake BULL

BULL, Victor Westlake

Service Number: 3036
Enlisted: 27 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital - WW1
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, 17 June 1892
Home Town: Clifton Hill, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Collingwood State School & Trinity Grammar School
Occupation: Fruit preserver
Died: Natural Causes, Heidelberg, Victoria, 21 July 1957, aged 65 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

27 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3036, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
26 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3036, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
26 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3036, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
23 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion
15 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion
2 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital - WW1
21 Jun 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital - WW1
13 Dec 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital - WW1
18 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3036, 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital - WW1

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Biography

"...3036 Private Victor Westlake Bull, 23rd Battalion... Victor, was transferred to the 58th Battalion on 15 March 1916 and his unit was relocated to the Western Front, France in June 1916. While on leave in England during January 1917 he was hospitalised with severe trench feet. He was transferred to No 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Southall) in August 1917 where he served for the remainder of the war before returning to Australia for discharge on 18 June 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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