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VANCE, Eric Allan
Personal Details
Service Number: | 353 |
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Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW Date of promotion to Lance Corporal is not known |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
Home Town: | Cobar, Cobar, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Hillgrove and Armidale Public Schools, New South Wales |
Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Baby 700 Cemetery, Anzac Row D, Grave 17 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW1 Honour Roll, Leeton ANZAC Memorial Clock Tower and Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 353, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW Date of promotion to Lance Corporal is not known | |
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18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 353, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 353, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
2 May 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 353, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 353 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Josiah Samuel Armstrong Vance and Jeanetta Brackenridge Vance of Leeton, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He was a third generation Australian. Tall and strong he was excellent at sports