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FLORANCE, Victor Aikenan (Aikman)

Service Numbers:	2182, NGX508
Enlisted:	21 January 1942
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	New Guinea Volunteer Rifles
Born:	Picton, NSW, 1888
Home Town:	Gordon, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Solicitor
Died:	Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cootamundra RSL Honour Rolls, Cootamundra War Memorial, Dunedoo District Honour Roll , Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial, Yeoval NSW Solicitors in WWI Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

11 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2182, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2182, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Orsova, Sydney

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, NGX508, New Guinea Volunteer Rifles
21 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, NGX508

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Egbert and Lila Florance; husband of Jean Florance, of Gordon, New South Wales.