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VAUGHAN, Joseph Wainscott
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1839, 1839/507 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | London, England, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver & Engineer |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1839, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 17 Mar 1915: | Involvement Private, 1839, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Mar 1915: | Embarked Private, 1839, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney | |
| 9 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1839/507, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 12 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Company Engineers, From 3rd Battalion. Allotted with a new Service Number 507 on 6 August 1915 | |
| 11 Jan 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1839/507, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic dyspepsia and deafness |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was Montague Street, Albert Park, Victoria.
Next of kin given as his brother Hedley Vaughan of Stoneley, Highgate Road, London, England
Commenced return to Australia on 17 September 1915 aboard HT Beltana disembarking 13 October 1915
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Ellen Maud Vaughan of Punt Road, Windsor, NSW. Father of Hedley Francis Vaughan