John Thomas VALE

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Service Number:	4561
Enlisted:	24 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, October 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Footscray Cemetery, Victoria Church of England area c, Grave 3629. Interred on 17 October 1958.
Memorials:

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4561, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
29 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4561, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4561, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4561, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Wound to the left side. Embarked HS Stad Antwerpen on 12 October 1917 for England
22 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4561, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to effort syndrome

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Son of James Vale and Katie Vale nee Makey of Abbotsford Street, West Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 11 December 1918 aboard HT Saxon disembarkingon 30 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1924c John married Nellie Margaret Turpie in Victoria.