John James VICK

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Service Number:	841
Enlisted:	5 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Company
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Rubberworker
Died:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, July 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Derwent Gardens, AIF Arch 8, Number G. Interred on 23 July 1968
Memorials:

5 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 841, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
17 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 841, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 841, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, RMS Omrah, Melbourne
26 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 2nd Cyclist Battalion
17 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company, Originally destined for the 8th Machine Gun Company but changed
7 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 841, 5th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Jesse Vick and Rosa Sophia Vick nee Barfoot of South Melbourne, Victoria

Husband of Mary Ann Vick nee Batty of Dow Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 28 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal