Louis VASCO

VASCO, Louis

Service Number: 16136
Enlisted: 11 May 1916
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 11th Field Company Engineers
Born: Brixton, London, England, 27 October 1882
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: St Xaviara School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Caricature artist and draftsman
Died: Illness, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, 3 August 1918, aged 35 years
Cemetery: St. Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery, England
Grave Mil. E. 5. INSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF THE DEAR HUSBAND OF GWENDOLYN VASCO OF BRISBANE , Hatfield Road Cemetery, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
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World War 1 Service

11 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 16136, 11th Field Company Engineers
11 Nov 1916: Involvement Sapper, 16136, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916: Embarked Sapper, 16136, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
3 Aug 1918: Involvement Sapper, 16136, 11th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 16136 awm_unit: 11 Field Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-08-03

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Born as: Vasco Urbano Loureiro

Births Dec 1882   
Loureiro Vasco Urbano  Lambeth 1d 490


Husband of Gwendlyn Vasco of River Terrace, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Australia.

Aged 36

11th Field Company Australian Engineers

Served as VASCO. Son of Arthur and Marie H. Loureiro.