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VIDACOVICH, George Archibald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1292 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Avenel, Victoria, Australia , 1890 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairy hand |
| Died: | Hollywood, Western Australia, 16 October 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1292, Mining Corps | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1292, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 1292, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 18 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), From Mining Corps | |
| 12 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 1292, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Gassed. | |
| 5 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 1292, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Second occasion. | |
| 19 Apr 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1292, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 12 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1292, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 5th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was C/- D.M. McMahon, Dairyman, Sommerville, WA.
Son of Spiro Vidacovich and Ellen Vidacovich nee Luckinovich of Boulder City, WA formerly of Avendel, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 28 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1927c George married Elizabeth Logan Anderson in Perth, WA