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VICKERY, Walter Raymond
Personal Details
Service Number: | 8009 |
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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: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8009, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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