VAUSE, Cyril John
| Service Number: | 80 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Mercer, New Zealand, 4 December 1882 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wireless Operator |
| Died: | New Zealand, 10 January 1944, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Auckland (Waikumete) Cemetery RSA Area D, Row 02A, Grave 014 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 80, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 80, 1st Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 80, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Philip Vause and Ellen Vause of Cheltenham Road, Devonport, NZ.
Commenced return to Australia on 22 September 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 12 November 1919 for onward travel to Sydney.
On 30 September 1917 Cyril was recommend for the Meritorious Service Medal for work between April and 20 September 1917 showed great devotion to duty while organising operations east of Ypres for the Signal office and especially transportation of cables and material for the front line. London Gazette on 1 January 1918, page 76, position 56; Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on
18 April 1918, page 848, position 10
Medal: Meritorious Service Medal, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1933c Cyril married Violet Winifred Buckland in NZ