VIGOR, Arthur James
| Service Number: | 6124 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 April 1916, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballan, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Noorat, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Saddler |
| Died: | Carbon monoxide poisoning - accidental, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 August 1966 |
| Cemetery: |
Maddingley General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6124, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria | |
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| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6124, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6124, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Captured at Reincourt, France and interred in the Dulmen Camp, Germany. Repatriated, arriving in England on 2 January 1919. | |
| 8 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6124, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Vigor and Jane Vigor nee Cameron of Blackwood, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 12 July 1919 aboard HT City of Essex disembarking on 24 August 1919.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
He death was attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning. An inquest was held in Melbourne on 24 August 1966 in relation to multible deaths of which Arthur was one.
Result: - Cause of death : Effects by burning, Carbon monoxide poisoning from electric radiator combustion fire, Burns and asphyxiation when an electric radiator he was using overturned and ignited premises, Cardiac failure precipitated by smoke and gas inhalation from electric radiator combustion fire; Location of hearing : Melbourne