James Seymour VIVIAN

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Service Number:	771
Enlisted:	31 January 1917, Enlisted at Longreach, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Palmer, South Australia, 3 December 1897
Home Town:	Brixton, Barcaldine, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia , 5 September 1956, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 6 September 1956
Memorials:	Mannum District Roll of Honor

31 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 771, 13th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Longreach, QLD
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 771, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 771, 13th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
24 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, At Sutton Veny, England
11 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 771, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of John Peter Vivian and Louise Jane Vivian nee Degenhardt of Mannum, SA.

Brother of Victor Rhodes Vivian who returned to Australia on 26 June 1919 having served with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment

Address at the time of enlistment was given as 'Lyndon', Brixton, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1919 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 18 September 1919 at Adelaide for onward travel to Brisbane

MedalsL British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c James married Kathleen Ivy Taylor in Victoria