Donald George Roberts VICKERY

VICKERY, Donald George Roberts

    Service Number: 27248
    Enlisted: 23 March 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 7th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 7 August 1896
    Home Town: Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
    Schooling: Sydney Grammar School; Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Medical Student
    Died: New South Wales, Australia , 13 December 1978, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: South Head General Cemetery, Vaucluse, New South Wales
    Plot reads: S-H-GE-183A
    Memorials: Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 27248, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    30 Sep 1916: Involvement Gunner, 27248, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    30 Sep 1916: Embarked Gunner, 27248, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
    26 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 27248, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Wound to the left hand
    26 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 27248, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Ebenezer Vickery and Jane E. Vickery of 'Edina', Carrington Road, Waverley, NSW.

    Brother of Kenneth Firth Vickery who returned to Australia on 22 August 1918 having served with the Australian Army Medical Corps

    Commenced return to Australia on 28 February 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 18 April 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

     

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