Arthur John VAUGHAN

VAUGHAN, Arthur John

Service Number: 680
Enlisted: 29 February 1916, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 38th Infantry Battalion
Born: Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, 8 January 1892
Home Town: Heathcote, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Music Teacher
Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 9 September 1968, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
Commemorated with a plague in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

29 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 680, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
20 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 680, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 680, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
29 Dec 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 680, 38th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock. Embarked for England on 13 March 1917 aboard HS Gloucester Castle
21 Nov 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 680, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to shell shock

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Arthur Vaughan and Mary Vaughan nee Phillips of Wright Street, Heathcote, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1917 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 24 September 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal