Walter Raymond VICKERY MID

VICKERY, Walter Raymond

    Service Number: 8009
    Enlisted: 14 July 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 5th Divisional Train
    Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Chemist
    Died: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 19 September 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria
    Location Private A, Section 07, Row 1, Grave 17
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8009, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
    16 Oct 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 18th Australian Army Service Corps
    10 Nov 1915: Involvement Driver, 8009, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    10 Nov 1915: Embarked Driver, 8009, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    8 Mar 1918: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, For meritorious service and devotion to duty the period between 22 September 1917 and 25 February 1918 London Gazette on 28 May 1918, page 6203, position 72 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 October 1918, page 2057, position 1
    20 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8009, 5th Divisional Train, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Joseph Stanley Vickery and Alice Vickery nee Phillips of Victoria Street, Ballarat East, Victoria.

    Commenced return to Australia on 2 June 1919 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 19 July 1919

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

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