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LAIDLAW, Victor Rupert

Service Numbers:	144, V368629
Enlisted:	18 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Footscray, Maribyrnong City, Victoria, Australia, 27 February 1893
Home Town:	Staceys Bridge, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Staceys Bridge, Wellington Shire, Victoria, Australia, 16 November 1983, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Yarram New Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Section 4A, Grave 70
Memorials:	South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 144, 2nd Field Ambulance
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 144, 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 144, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne

World War 2 Service

15 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V368629, 2nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
19 May 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V368629, 2nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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