Bertie Edgar VOKES

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Service Number:	6587
Enlisted:	22 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Woy Woy, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storekeeper
Died:	Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Woy Woy War Memorial

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6587, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6587, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6587, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
20 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 6587, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Thomas Wickham Vokes and Mary Ellen Vokes of Woy woy, NSW.

Husband of Muriel Ivy Vokes of 'Louisville', Woy Woy, NSW. Bertie and Ivy married during 1915c in Gosford, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Wandilla disembarking on 18 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal