John Thomas Mason VAUGHAN

VAUGHAN, John Thomas Mason

    Service Number: 2826
    Enlisted: 13 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery
    Born: Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 1891
    Home Town: Clifton Hill, Yarra, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Upholsterer
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 12 September 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Warringal Cemetery, Victoria
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2826, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    5 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 2826, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Moldavia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    5 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 2826, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Moldavia, Melbourne
    24 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, From 21st Battalion
    31 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, From 7th Battalion
    11 Apr 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2826, 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Shell wound to the chest
    4 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 46th Battalion
    31 Oct 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2826, 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Vaughan and Louisa Matilda Vaughan nee Mason of Spensley, Clifton Hill, Victoria. Brother of Reginald Vaughan who returned to Australia on 29 September 1917 having served with the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column

    Returned to Australia on 24 September 1917 aboard HS Demosthenes

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

    During 1918c John married Henrietta Florence Vaughan in Victoria

     

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