Claude Branscombe Vaughan CAMERON

CAMERON, Claude Branscombe Vaughan

    Service Number: 3039
    Enlisted: 28 June 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
    Schooling: State School Hawksburn, All Saints Grammar & Hassetts College, Prahan, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Civil Servant
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3039, Depot Battalion , Melbourne, Victoria
    18 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3039, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
    18 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 3039, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
    26 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 21st Infantry Battalion
    5 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, Reverts to ranks from A/Cpl
    13 Apr 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion
    5 May 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion
    18 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 3039, 60th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Kinfauns Castle"
    29 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3039, 60th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3039, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3039, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix),

    --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3039 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    He had previously served for 18 months in the Senior Cadets and 2 years in the Citizens Forces with the 49th Infantry before he enlisted in Melbourne on 28th June 1915 and embarked with the 21st Infantry Battalion, 7th reinforcements on the ship HMAT Wiltshire from Melbourne on 18th November 1915.

    Medals:  1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal

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