Jack Walter VIRTUE

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Service Number:	491
Enlisted:	20 September 1915, Lismore, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 22 June 1987, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bexhill Cemetery, New South Wales Column 1, Side 1, Niche 3
Memorials:

20 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 491, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Lismore, NSW
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 491, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 491, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
20 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion
16 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 491, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Jane Anne VIRTUE
Of Bexhill via Lismore, NSW

Real name John Walter Virtue but served at Jack Walter Virtue.

Son of Robert Virtue and Jane Anne Virtue of Bexhill, Lismore, NSW.

Brother of Stanley Joseph Virtue who returned to Australia on 5 September 1919 having served with the 9th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 21 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Jack married Irene Gray Walmesley in Lismore, NSW.

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