Walter Raymond VICKERY MID

VICKERY, Walter Raymond

Service Number: 8009
Enlisted: 14 July 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 5th Divisional Train
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Chemist
Died: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 19 September 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria
Location Private A, Section 07, Row 1, Grave 17
Memorials:
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

14 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8009, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
16 Oct 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 18th Australian Army Service Corps
10 Nov 1915: Involvement Driver, 8009, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915: Embarked Driver, 8009, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
8 Mar 1918: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, For meritorious service and devotion to duty the period between 22 September 1917 and 25 February 1918 London Gazette on 28 May 1918, page 6203, position 72 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 October 1918, page 2057, position 1
20 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8009, 5th Divisional Train, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

Help us honour Walter Raymond Vickery's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Joseph Stanley Vickery and Alice Vickery nee Phillips of Victoria Street, Ballarat East, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 2 June 1919 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 19 July 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal