VANCE, Edmund Bruce Mortimer
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 17 January 1885 |
| Home Town: | Leeton, Leeton, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hillgrove Public; Fort Street High; Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Vaucluse, , New South Wales, Australia, 21 January 1939, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Medical Officers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Katuna embarkation_ship_number: A13 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, HMAT Katuna, Sydney | |
| 4 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance | |
| 5 Jun 1919: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 5 June 1919, page 7190, position 68 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 October 1919, page 1466, position 53 | |
| 28 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Dr. Edmund Bruce M. Vance, of Sydney, who has arrived in Melbourne
from England, is the first medical man in the world to receive the degree of Master of Orthopoedics, the science of treating the maimed, crippled and deformed. Dr. Vance is leaving Melbourne today, and after a short stay at Leeton, will come on to Sydney.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Sometimes referred to as Edward.
Son of Josiah S.A. Vance and and Jeanetta B. Vance of Leeton, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 8 April 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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