Gerald White VASS MM

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Service Number:	2456
Enlisted:	19 February 1915, Enlisted at Castlemaine, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Maribynong, Victoria, Australia, 19 January 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Altona Memorial Park, Victoria Elm Lawn C, Row L, Grave 22. Interred on 21 January 1964
Memorials:

19 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2456, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Castlemaine, Victoria
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2456, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2456, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
13 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, From 7th Battalion
3 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous gallantry near Ypres on 29 September 1917. When the enemy barrage came down severely wounding the three drivers and three of the six horses in a G.S. Wagon. Pte Vass went to the assistance of the wounded men. Though severely shaken by the explosion of a shell, and despite the heavy shelling he succeeded carrying one drivers, who was least wounded, to safety a total of 450 yards. London Gazette on 17 December 1917, page 13200, position 83 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 2 May 1918, page 1038, position 12
21 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2456, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Anne Vass nee Gurr of Tarilta, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 March 1919 aboard HT Cluny Castle disembarking on 22 May 1919

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

Husband of Mary Isabel Vass