William Michael VAUGHAN

VAUGHAN, William Michael

    Service Number: 958
    Enlisted: 27 March 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 40th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 9 May 1896
    Home Town: Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Tasmania, Australia, 23 September 1942, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Queenstown Lyell Cemetery, Tasmania
    Row K1, Grave 19
    Memorials: Queenstown State School WWI Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 958, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    1 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 958, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
    1 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 958, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
    24 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 958, 40th Infantry Battalion, Invalided to England on 25 August 1918
    29 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 958, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Francis Vaughan and Jane Elizabeth Vaughan nee Dickson of South Queenstown, Tasmania.

    Commenced return to Australia on 14 January 1919 aboard HT City of York arriving on 2 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania.

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    On 4 April 1923 William married Doris Richie Cleland i  Queenstown, Tasmania with Doris dying the following year.

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