Fred VAGG

VAGG, Fred

    Service Number: 2893
    Enlisted: 3 October 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 38th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Cobden, Victoria, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Cobden, Corangamite, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 14 November 1923, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria
    Church of England area, Row ZR, Grave 355. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
    Memorials: Cobden Church of England Roll of Honor, Cobden War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2893, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    16 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 2893, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
    16 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 2893, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
    28 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), At Windmill Hill, England
    2 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 67th Battalion
    4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2893, 38th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the face
    13 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2893, 38th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed
    30 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2893, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Gassed
    26 Oct 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2893, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to neurasthenis

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Full name Frederick Vagg but served as Fred Vagg.

    Son of George John Vagg and Florence Helen Agnes Vagg nee Dow of Cobden, Victoria. Brother of Arthur Reginald Vagg who returned to Australia on 8 June 1919 having served with the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

    Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 11 October 1918

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1919c Fred married Stella Bell Dawson in Victoria

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