Victor Leopoldo VISTARINI

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VISTARINI, Victor Leopoldo

Service Number:	4930
Enlisted:	16 August 1915, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	Australian Employment Company
Born:	Kerang, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Kerang, Gannawarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Drouin Public Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4930, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4930, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4930, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
15 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From 7th Battalion
25 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , From 24th Field Artillery Brigade
24 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 4930, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Wound to the left arm
11 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Australian Employment Company, From 11th Field Artillery Brigade
12 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 4930, Australian Employment Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- Steadmans, Geelong Road, Footscray, Victoria

Son of Achilles Leopoldo Vistarini and Mary Vistarini nee Dickinson of Murrabit, Victoria.

Brother of Richard James Vistarini who returned to Australia on 23 March 1919 having served with the 11th Field Artillery Brigade

Commenced return to Australia on 21 December 1918 aboard HT Mamari disembarking on 4 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923c Victor married Margaret Ethel Henry in Victoria

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