John VICKERS

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Service Number:	1218
Enlisted:	1 October 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Born:	Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, 1881
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lighthouse Keeper
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 February 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 11, Section 1C. Commemorated in the QLD Garden of Remembrance, Wall 5, Row R.
Memorials:

1 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1218, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
10 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 1218, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: SS Sumatra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 1218, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, SS Sumatra, Brisbane
15 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1218, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Allen Vickers and Polly Vickers of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England.

Husband of Ellen Vickers nee Roseman of Summer Cottage, Rosalie, QLD. John and Ellen married on 5 July 1917 in QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 17 October 1918 aboard SS Melusia

Medal: British War Medal was issued by the Navy. Served in Rabaul, New Guinea