Thomas Alexander VANCE

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VANCE, Thomas Alexander

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	1 January 1918
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Australian Survey Corps
Born:	Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia, 17 November 1882
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Surveyor & Engineer
Died:	Yackandandah, Victoria, 9 February 1959, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Yackandandah Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England area
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World War 1 Service

1 Jan 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, Australian Survey Corps
2 Feb 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, Air Line Section, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1918:	Embarked Lieutenant, Air Line Section, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
16 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Australian Survey Corps, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

From 1900 to 1905 he was working with with G.W. Ellis Mines Department, WA.

Previously served with the Goldfields Infantry and the Australian Survey Corps.

Son of Thomas Alexander Vance and Alice Maude Vance nee Ellis of Malmsbury, Victoria

Husband of Chiristina Elizabeth Vance nee Neil of Malmsbury, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 May 1919 aboard HT Devanha disembarking on 23 June 1919 at Melbourne, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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