Patrick VAUGHAN

VAUGHAN, Patrick

Service Number: 2627
Enlisted: 4 December 1917, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company
Born: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 6 August 1896
Home Town: Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Blacksmith
Died: Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Tasmanian Government Railways
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World War 1 Service

4 Dec 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2627, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania
28 Feb 1918: Involvement Private, 2627, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
28 Feb 1918: Embarked Private, 2627, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
12 Jun 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company
15 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2627, 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Patrick Vaughan and Margaret Vaughan nee Rigney of Dry Street, Inveresk, Launceston, Tasmania. Brother of John Bernard Vaughan who returned to Australia 4 January 1920 having served with the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

Served a five year Blacksmith apprenticeship with the Railways, Launceston, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1819 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on 17 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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