Arthur Greaves VAUGHAN

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VAUGHAN, Arthur Greaves

Service Number:	355
Enlisted:	1 September 1914, Enlisted at Grafton, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Wolumla, New South Wales. Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 23 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Copmanhurst & Upper Clarence War Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 355, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Grafton, NSW
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 355, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 355, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
29 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Machine Gun Company, At sea. From 9th Battalion.

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Vaughan and Elizabeth Ann Vaughan of 'Copmanhurst', Clarence River, NSW.

Brother of Leslie Vaughan who returned to Australia on 19 February 1919 having served with the 26th Battalion and Reginald Thomas Vaughan who returned to Australia 30 January 1919 having served with the Australian Flying Coprs.

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

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