David Alexander VALE

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Service Number:	1303
Enlisted:	22 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1871
Home Town:	Glenferrie, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 9 November 1933, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, Compartment C, Grave 275 and is unmarked. Interred on 10 November 1933
Memorials:

22 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1303, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1303, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1303, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
8 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion
30 May 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1303, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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Son of David Alexander Vale and Mary Vale nee Rockett of Bendigo, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his sister Julia Mary Vale of Little James Street, Hawthorn, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia 13 February 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembarking on 31 March 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal