Richard Ernest VAUSE

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Service Number:	249
Enlisted:	5 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Auckland, New Zealand, 1885
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Builder
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 30 July 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rockhampton Crematorium, Qld
Memorials:

5 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 249, 7th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 249, 7th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 249, 7th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
1 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 12th Machine Gun Company
25 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 12th Machine Gun Company
18 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 249, 48th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the left arm. Invalided to England on 4 June 1918
11 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 249, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of John Vause and Mary Anne Vause nee Wentwistle of Auckland, NZ/.

Husband of Edith Vause nee Batstone of Soudan Estate, Paddington, QLD. Richard and Edith married on 13 April 1912 in QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1918 aboard HS Karoola disembarking on 6 September 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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