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VAPP, George Andrew
| Service Number: | 3727 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 March 1917, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 2 June 1898 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Boulder Central School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Illness, South Australia, 18 November 1980, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia Rose Garden Memorial site bed CEG site 7 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3727, 50th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide | |
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| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 3727, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 3727, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 1 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3727, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
George was born in Bendigo, Victoria on 2nd June 1898 under the name George Thomas Andrew Anthony VAFIOPULOUS
His parents were John Marinea VAFIOPULOUS & Mary CARTER
He enlisted in Adelaide on 26th March, 1917 and embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT Themistocles on 4th August, 1917 with the 50th Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements
He returned to Australia on 23rd September, 1918 and was discharged on 1st February, 1919
George married and died under the name George Alfred VAPP on 18th November, 1980 and was cremated in Enfield, South Australia
He married Meta Louise SCHUMACHER on 29th July, 1921 in the Registry Office in Adelaide, South Australia
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