Jack VAUGHAN

VAUGHAN, Jack

Service Number: 2894
Enlisted: 15 March 1915, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 15th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Pinnacle, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Horse Breaker
Died: Queensland, Australia, 23 May 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Walkerston Cemetery, Qld
Section 1, Row 9, Grave 42
Memorials: Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

15 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2894, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
22 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 2894, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
22 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 2894, 5th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Malwa, Sydney
25 Feb 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd ANZAC Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps
1 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Light Horse Regiment
1 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2894, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Austin Vaughan and Mary Vaughan nee Foley of Pinnacle, Mackay, QLD

Returned to Australia aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 11 April 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal