VILLAGRAND, Victor de Cressac
| Service Number: | 5779 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 December 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 1943, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 12 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5779, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5779, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5779, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 28 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5779, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Louis de Cressac Villagrand and Annie Florence de Cressac Villagrand of Sydney, NSW. Brother of Francis de Cressac Villagrand who returned to Australia on 15 December 1919 having served with the 17th Battalion
Marital status at the time of enlistment was given as widower with the next of kin being given as his five year old son Alec Villagrand of Darling Street, Balmain, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 12 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward fravel to Sydney.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1924c Victor married Georgina P. Geoffrey in Canterbury, NSW