Fernand DE VILLECURT

Fernand DE VILLECURT Update Details

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Service Number:	864
Enlisted:	9 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Australian Convalescent Depot
Born:	Mauritius, 1879
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, 1927, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic 1, Grave 2670. Interred on 15 February 1927. Name on grave is spelt Devillecourt
Memorials:

9 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 864, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 864, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 864, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
18 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, From 39th Battalion
16 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 864, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic bronchitis

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Son of Emma De Verneis of Cumberland Place, Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 November 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarked on 29 December 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal