VERTIGAN, Aughward Cox
| Service Number: | 2895 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 October 1916, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Forth, Tasmania, Australia, 14 August 1890 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Ulverstone, Tasmania, 24 August 1982, aged 92 years |
| Cemetery: |
Central Coast Memorial Park, Ulverstone, Tasmania Section SARG - Plot 442 |
| Memorials: | Forth Congregational Church Sunday School HR |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2895, 40th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 6 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2895, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2895, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 6 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2895, 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Aughward Cox VERTIGAN was born in Tasmania on 14th August, 1890
His parents were George Baxter VERTIGAN & Maria Jane COX
He married Isabel CONNORS at the Methodist Parsonage in Tasmania on 14th December, 1921 - 4 known children, Thelma Isabel, Harley Baxter, Leslie Neil & Augward Jack
He enlisted in Claremont, Tasmania on 18th October 1916 and embarked with the 40th Infantry Battalion, 6th reinforcements from Melbourne on the HMAT Orsova - he returned to Australia on 19th February, 1919 and was discharged on 6th June 1919
Aughward died on 24th August 1892 and is buried in the Central Coast Memorial Park, Ulverstone / Penguin
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His brother John VERTIGAN (SN 1633) was Killed in Action at Gallipoli on 8th August, 1915 & his son Harley Baxter VERTIGAN (SN26000) served in the Royal Australian Navy during WW2 and was discharged in 1946
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