Jesse VANSITTART

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Service Number:	2823
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Upper Warlingham, England, 1894
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Merlynston, Victoria, Australia, July 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Garden of Remembrance 1, Section 8, Niche 0OO. Cremation service held on 5 July 1961
Memorials:	Heyfield Honour Roll WW1

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2823, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2823, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Moldavia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2823, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Moldavia, Melbourne
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion
23 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2823, 7th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock.
4 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Machine Gun Company, In France
26 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company, From 15th Machine Gun Company
28 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , From 2nd Machine Gun Company
24 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2823, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Discharged at 3rd Military District

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Son of Frank Vansittart and Mary Vansittart of Chesron Place Farm, Upper Wallingham Surrey, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1919 aboard HT Zealandic disembarking on 25 August 1919

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

On 15 February 1919 Jesse married Bertha Florence Thorpe in the St. Mary the Virgin Church, Kettering, England. Rev. F.H. Glaister officiated.