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VESSEY, Walter Frederick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2817 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Thornbury, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Orbost, Victoria, Australia, 4 October 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Orbost Cemetery, Victoria Methodist |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2817, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2817, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2817, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 10th Light Horse Regiment, From 22nd Battalion | |
| 21 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2817, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to malaria |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Walter Stanley Vessey and Maud Susan Vessey nee Harvey of Hutton Street, Thornbury, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 19 January 1919 aboard HT Orsova disembarking on 27 February 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Walter married Irene Myrtle Mitchell in Victoria.