Albert Douglas VANCE MM

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Service Number:	7584
Enlisted:	19 March 1917, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 24 March 1896
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1

19 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7584, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 7584, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 7584, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
21 Oct 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, At 20 June 1918, near Strazeelle, the enemy was seen carrying a machine gun into a shelter 25 yards from our Post. Pte. Vance with L/Corporal Miller crawled out and succeeded in reaching the shelter and throwing a bomb in, though under persistent fire from snipers, they succeeded in capturing a machine gun and two prisoners. His courage and devotion to duty were of the highest. London Gazette on 21 October 1918, page 12423, position 12. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 February 1919, page 271, position 11.
9 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7584, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Albert Johnson Vance and Elizabeth Vance nee Holt of Mort Street, Toowoomba, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 March 1919 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 7 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 24 March 1921 Albert married Myrtle Olive Patch in QLD

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