VALLANCE, Alexander
Service Number: | 384 |
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Enlisted: | 25 April 1916, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
Home Town: | Teralba, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Postal Employee |
Died: | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Teralba Public School Boys HR, Teralba War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
25 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 384, 1st Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 384, 1st Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 384, 1st Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
22 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company | |
29 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Machine Gun Company, In France | |
14 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion | |
22 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alexander Vallance and Mary Vallance of Strathhaven, Teralba, NSW. Brother of David Vallance who returned to Australia on 19 June 1919 having served with the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column.
Commenced return to Australia on 19 June 1919 aboard HT Euripidies disembarking on 8 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1919c Alelxander married Ruby Fletcher in Marrickville, NSW.