Claude Sylvester VIAL

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Service Numbers:	2435, 4589
Enlisted:	22 November 1915, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Abermain, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wheeler
Died:	Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 13 June 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Pool Wall L, Niche 14. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Abermain War Memorial

22 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2435, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2435, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne Failed to re embark at Adelaide
28 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, From 31st Battalion having failed to re-embark at Adelaide. Re-allotted number 4589
29 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4589, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4589, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
4 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 21st Battalion
19 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, From 67th Battalion
15 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4589, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Joseph Sylvester Vial and Elizabeth Vial nee Cook of Sydney NSW.

Brother of Ernest Vial who return to Australia on 5 February 1919 having served with the 20th Battalion

Husband of Clara May Vial formerly Hayes nee Wallace of Armidale Street, Abermaine, NSW. Claude and Clara married during 1903c in Newcastle, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 31 January 1918 aboard HT Argyllshire then transhipped by HT Osterley at Capetown disembarking on 15 April 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal