Eric Sydney Walpole Sealey VIDAL MC, MID

VIDAL, Eric Sydney Walpole Sealey

    Service Number: N39304
    Enlisted: 12 August 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Major
    Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Liverpool, New South Wales, 1 June 1894
    Home Town: Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Mosman, New South Wales, 20 August 1966, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
    8 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
    8 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
    12 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1

    World War 2 Service

    24 Dec 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, N39304

    World War 1 Service

    Date unknown: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Pioneer Battalion
    Date unknown: Involvement 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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    Biography

    Also served in WW2

    WW1 Service

    5 Pioneer Baattalion

    Rank - Lt.

    2 June 1919 Returned to Australia on board HT Beltana

    Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Son of Kate Sealy Vidal of Cornborough, Northumberland Street, Liverpool, NSW

    WW2 Service

    Service number N39304

    Enlisted 24 December 1942 at Ingleburn, NSW

    Discharged 30 November 1944

    Next pf kin was given as Linda

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