Dawson (Scotty) VANCE

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Service Number:	1822
Enlisted:	21 November 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, 9 December 1884
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tram driver
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 December 1955, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Ashes interred in the Anglican Monumental, Section AF, Grave 353
Memorials:

21 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1822, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
2 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 1822, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
2 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 1822, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
5 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery
16 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1822, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to injured foot

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Son of William John Vance and Mary Vance nee McIntyre of Helensburgh, Scotland.

Next of kin given as his wife Edith Amelia Vance nee Manning. Dawson and Edith married during 1915c in Redfern, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 11 December 1918 aboard HT Saxon disembarking on 1 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal