Alfred James VAUGHAN

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Service Number:	333
Enlisted:	27 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 November 1891
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 23 May 1943, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot 1-15, 3/4
Memorials:

27 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 333, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 333, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 333, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
24 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 333, 41st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the head
15 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 333, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District due to amputation of the right leg

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Son of Herbert Ernest Vaughan and Mary Vaughan nee Johnston of Brisbane, QLD.

Next of kin given as his aunt Ada Russell 'Bona Vista', Cintra Estate, Breakfast Creek Road, Brisbane, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 25 November 1917 aboard HS Karoola disembarking on 10 January 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

The amputation of his leg was a result of being hit by a train in England on 17 May 1917 while being AWOL and taking a short cut.

On 17 August 1923 Alfred married Marjorie May Reid in QLD