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VANCE, Frederick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 898 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 November 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Richmond Plains, Loddon, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shearer |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 898, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 898, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 898, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, At Zeition | |
| 29 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, In France | |
| 11 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Signal Company | |
| 4 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 898, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to brain concussion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Vance and Ellen Vance nee Bentley of Albert Street, Richmond, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 25 November 1917 aboard HT Karoola diembarking on 10 January 1918
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal