Ivan Paul Edward VAN ASSCHE

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VAN ASSCHE, Ivan Paul Edward

Service Number:	49
Enlisted:	20 November 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Dalkeith, Perth, Western Australia, 18 December 1981, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremated and ashes returned to the funeral director
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World War 1 Service

20 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 49, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
28 May 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 49, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
28 May 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 49, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
11 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
6 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 49, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the erd Military District as medically unfit due to an injury to his arm having been blown off his horse

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Oscar Van Assche and Ethel Van Assche nee Holroyd of Alma Road, East St Kilda, Victoria. Brother of Henry Van Assche who returned to Australia on 22 May 1918 having served with the 39th Battalion.

Prior to enlisting he was being employed by Brown & Durran Pty. Ltd. of Queen Street, Melbourne

Commenced return to Australia on 9 February 1919 aboard HT Ascanius disembarking on 3 April 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Ivan married Dorothy Winifred Boyd in Victoria

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