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VENGERT, Jack
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 59380, 332 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Press Representative |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Odessa, Russia, 2 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Wyong, Wyong Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 17 December 1963, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales PLOT Zone G Jewish Section 12 Grave. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 59380, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 332, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: Surname incorrectly recorded as Vingert on original record | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 332, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 22 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 59380, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to wrist. | |
| 17 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 59380, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 59380, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 24 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Press Representative |
Personal Stories
Jack Vengert Wounded
Frank Lesnie, who had landed at Gallipoli in August in company with a number of Russians from 17-20th Battalions, wrote home on 1 November: 'I can only say this; the 18th Battn. ... arrived here 10 weeks ago and now 64 of the original lot remain. Most of them have gone away sick and wounded, but I don't know how many were killed. The 18th were dead unlucky, going into a charge the day following their landing.' That charge was in the battle for Hill 60, a fierce engagement at close range. Two Ukrainian-born soldiers from the 18th Battalion received bayonet wounds in it: Jack Vengert, previously a cook,was bayoneted in the wrist.
Submitted 26 May 2022 by Lynette Turner
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