Vivian George FULLER

FULLER, Vivian George

Service Number: 1246
Enlisted: 2 April 1915, Lismore, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Lismore, New South Wales, 15 October 1890
Home Town: Clarence River, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Stockman
Died: Accidental (lorry capsized), Copmanhurst, New South Wales, 17 April 1934, aged 43 years
Cemetery: Grafton Cemetery, NSW
Memorials: Copmanhurst Public School Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

2 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1246, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Lismore, New South Wales
17 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 1246, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Hymettus embarkation_ship_number: A1 public_note: ''
17 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 1246, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hymettus, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Anne FULLER
Of Gordon Brook, Upper Clarence, NSW

FRIGHTFUL AGONY
LORRY DRIVER'S ORDEAL
INQUEST OPENED.
An inquest concerning the death of Vivian George Fuller, who, with a young man named John Davies, was found pinned underneath a capsized motor lorry on the road between Copmanhurst and Baiyulgil on April 17, was opened by the District Coroner, Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., at Copmanhurst yesterday morning. Samuel Powell Lloyd, storekeeper, at Copmanhurst, said that whilst returning from Winegrove to Copmanhurst, via Kettle Creek, in his Ford truck at about 12.12 p.m. on April 17, he noticed a Bedford truck, owned by a man named Tranter, overturned on the road with its wheels uppermost. Witness had a look round and saw the two feet of the deceased (Fuller) protruding from underneath an overturned lorry. On the other side of the overturned vehicle he saw the boy Davies, with his body, shoulders and head protruding from underneath the lorry.

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