William Block VIVIAN

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Service Number:	3126
Enlisted:	1 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1894
Home Town:	Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	War Service related , Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 11 September 1919
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Anglican Section, Row R, Grave 5530. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3126, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
8 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3126, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3126, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
10 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, At Serapeum.
19 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3126, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to tuberculosis

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Son of William B. Vivian and Bessie Vivian of Randwick, Sydney, NSW.

Next of kin given as his step sister Mary Burnston of Arden Street, Coogee, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking at Melbourne on 2 July 1917 for onward travel to Sydney

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