Thomas Henry VANSTAN

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Service Number:	2238
Enlisted:	19 April 1915, Enlisted at Geraldton, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 6 July 1882
Home Town:	Yalgoo, Yalgoo, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Mining accident, Payne's Find, Yalgoo, Western Australia, 21 January 1938, aged 55 years
Cemetery:	Paynes Find Cemetery Paynes Find, Western Australia
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Yalgoo War Memorial

19 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2238, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geraldton, WA
6 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2238, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2238, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Fremantle
23 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2238, 11th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the buttock
16 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Interned at the Limburg Camp, Germany. Repatriated to England arriving on 2 December 1918
20 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2238, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Also known as Thomas Henry Vanstan but served as Henry Thomas Vincent dates of birth vary

Next of kin given as a friend Chris Wright of Ningham Station, Yalgoo, WA. Later changed to his sister Nellie Vanstan of Hensman Road, Subiaco, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Navasa disembarking on 20 April 1919

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