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VALKENBURG, Max
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1802, 1802A |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 1975, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1802, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 17 Mar 1915: | Involvement Private, 1802, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Mar 1915: | Embarked Private, 1802, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney | |
| 11 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Horse Regiment, From 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance. Letter A added to his service number now 1802A | |
| 26 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1802A, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joseph Francis Valkenburg and Mary Eleanor Valkenburg of Hercules Street, Chatswood, NSW. Brother of Guy Valkenburg who returned to Australia on 9 August 1919 having served with the 35th Ballation
Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 27 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: !914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1926c Max married Edna Wallace Rixon in NSW.