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VASEY, John Brinsden
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 158 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kew East, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wesley College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | Died of wounds - septicaemia from wound to the face and leg, Malta, 14 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Plot B, Row V1, Grave 3, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kew War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 158, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 158, 2nd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 158, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 14 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Field Company Engineers, In the field | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 158, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Wound to the face and leg. Died en route to Malta | |
| 14 Aug 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 158, 2nd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 158 awm_unit: 2nd Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Brinsden Vasey and Alice Vasey of 'Clovelly', Barry Street, Kew, Vic.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Had previously served in Melbourne Field Troop, Engineers
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