Oscar John VIDEAN

VIDEAN, Oscar John

Service Numbers: 421, 421A
Enlisted: 7 March 1916, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Sevenoaks, Kent, England, 1887
Home Town: Wallumbilla, Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grazier
Memorials: Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board, Wallumbilla Cenotaph
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World War 1 Service

7 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 421, 13th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
20 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 421, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 421, 13th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
17 Jun 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Machine Gun Company, Letter A added to the service number now 421A
10 Aug 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
12 Sep 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 421A, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged in England for Australian Ammunitions worker being medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of  Elizabeth Videan of Clapham Road Station, SE and C Railway, London, England.

Served an apprenticeship with W.C. Rippe of the Joinery Works, Castle Hedington, England.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In January 1929 Oscar was residing in Nelson Street, Largs, Ayshire, Scotland where he became a member of the British Legion.