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VANCE, Cecil Oakley Bruce
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 773 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1917, Enlisted at Hawthorn, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Glenferrie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 18 June 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 773, 6th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Hawthorn, Victoria | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 773, 6th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 773, 6th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 31 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion, From 6th Machine Gun Company | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 39th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 2 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 773, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son od Cecil Oakley Vance and Harriet Marion Vance nee McAdam of John Street, Glenferrie, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 2 September 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1922c Cecil married Marguerita Myrtle Hamilton in Victoria