
FIRTH, Victor Joseph
Service Number: | 4194 |
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Enlisted: | 1 September 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Rawalpindi, India, 1897 |
Home Town: | Chidlow, Mundaring, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Woodcutter |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mundaring War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4194, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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17 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4194, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
17 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4194, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
15 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4194, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4194 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
It appears that Victor had two brothers who served [consecutive service numbers]-they were with the 46 Battalion Australian Infantry-Privates A.V.Firth No. 1911 and F.J. Firth No. 1912.
They were sons of Jonathan and Emily Firth, of Armoury, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, Victoria. Victor is remembered on the War Memorial in the Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of Lourdes & St. Bernard at Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.