Albert Gordon VAUGHAN

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VAUGHAN, Albert Gordon

Service Numbers:	6879, Q187030
Enlisted:	29 December 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 4 February 1895
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wire Mattress Maker
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 March 1963, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
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World War 1 Service

29 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6879, 25th Infantry Battalion
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 6879, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 6879, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
23 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 26th Infantry Battalion
22 Jul 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6879, 26th Infantry Battalion, per Ulysses
6 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6879, 26th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

19 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Q187030, Lance Corporal 1st Australian Engineers Base Stores Depot
26 May 1948:	Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Q187030

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Albert was the fourth of seven children of George Edgar Vaughan (born in Sydney NSW) and Julia Burns (born in Brisbane, QLD). George and Julia married in Brisbane, QLD where George worked as a Carpenter.

Albert was living in Brisbane, QLD and employed as a Wire Mattress Maker until his Enlistment in the AIF in 1916. Following his Discharge in 1919, Albert returned to Brisbane, QLD where he married Constance Vivienne Gavagan in 1921. He continued employment as a Wire Mattress Maker, and then as a Labourer,

Albert served in WWII with the Australian Army as a Lance Corporal (Service No: Q187030) with 1st Australian Engineers Base Stores Depot, and was Discharged in 1948).

He lived in Brisbane QLD, working as a Labourer until his death in 1963

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