George John VASSIE

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Service Number:	3430
Enlisted:	21 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 18 September 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Altona Memorial Park, Victoria
Memorials:

21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3430, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3430, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3430, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
19 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir
9 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3430, 57th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the scalp
5 Sep 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3430, 57th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion.
23 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3430, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Alfred Emanuel Vassie and Mary Jane Vassie nee Abbott of Macpherson Street, Footscray, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 7 February 1919 aboard HT Lancashire disembarking on 31 March 1919

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

During 1920c George married Amy Marjoury Maggie Matthews in Victoria