Victor George UPHILL

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Service Number:	3258
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 26 October 1898
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Confectioner
Died:	Melbourne South, Victoria, Australia, 19 July 1982, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service was held on 21 July 1982 with the ashes being scattered at the Cemetery
Memorials:

16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3258, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3258, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne

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Son of Thomas Uphill and Anne UPhill nee Port of Westgarth Street, Fitzroy, Victoria.

11 November 1916 - enlisted at Melbourne with the 59th Battalion and with the rank of Private

27 September 1917 - transferred to the 2nd Australian General Hospital

2 February 1918 - transferred to the 59th Battalion

8 August 1918 - wounded in action. wound to the right leg and invalided to England on 18 August 1918

Commenced return to Australia on 9 December 1918 aboard HT Leicestershire disembarking on 22 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

21 February 1919 - discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding