Alfred James VAWSER

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VAWSER, Alfred James

Service Number:	722
Enlisted:	28 October 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Mining Corps
Born:	Clare, South Australia, 1878
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 5 September 1928, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 3N, Site No: 4
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World War 1 Service

28 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 722, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Adelaide
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 722, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 722, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 722, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 722, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
15 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 722, Mining Corps, Gassed, invalided to England on 20 March 1918
10 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 722, Mining Corps, Discharged as medically unfit
Date unknown:	Wounded 722

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Joseph Southwell Vawser and Maria (nee Ellery) Vawser; brother of Ernest Bertie Vawser, Fanny Vawser, Joseph Stanley Vawser, Frederick Vawser and Elsie Olive Vawser

11 December 1918 - commenced return to Australia on board HS Saxon for discharge, disembarking at Melbourne on 30 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Harriett Edith (nee Smallacombe) Vawser of Patton Street, South Broken Hill, NSW

Father of Olive Mavis Vawser, Hazel Vawser, Laurel Vawser and Leonard Vawser

Residential address at the time of death was Sandwell, SA

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