Joseph Alfred VICKERS

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Service Number:	979
Enlisted:	6 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	111th Australian (Howitzer) Battery
Born:	Durban, South Africa, 1881
Home Town:	Parkville, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 16 May 1927, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England, Row ZR, Grave 331
Memorials:	Victorian Garden of Remembrance

6 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 979, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 979, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 979, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
15 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Division Artillery , 113th Battery. From 31st Battalion
4 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 25th Field Artillery Brigade
9 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, From 25 Field Artillery Brigade
9 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, AIF Headquarters, From 13th Field Artillery Brigade
9 Nov 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 979, 111th Australian (Howitzer) Battery, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of John Thomas Vickers and Marie Louise Vickers nee Wright of Durban, South Africa.

Next of kin given as his sister E. Vickers, Campbell Street, Berea, Durban, Nata.

Returned to Australia on 27 February 1920 aboard HT Cape Verde

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

During 1926c Joseph married Connie Kleene Brittle in Victoria