Laurent Gordon VANHEE

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Service Number:	609
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Surrey Hills, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, 7 December 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Balmoral Cemetery, Qld Row 13, Grave 367. Interred on 8 December 1962
Memorials:

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 609, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Surrey Hills, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 609, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 609, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
26 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 609, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
9 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 609, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Second occasion. Wound to the lower jaw
22 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 609, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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First names Laurent Gordon but enlisted and served as Gordon Vanhee.

Son of Lawrence Henry Vanhee and Alice Vanhee nee Robins of Sydney, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 25 Janaury 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 23 March 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Ella Maud Vanhee of Adelaide, SA