Kenneth Herbert VAUGHAN

VAUGHAN, Kenneth Herbert

    Service Number: 4224
    Enlisted: 11 September 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: Australian Corps School (AIF)
    Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4 December 1894
    Home Town: Spring Creek, Toowoomba, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farm Hand
    Died: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1968, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium)
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4224, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
    28 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4224, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
    28 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4224, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
    4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4224, 26th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the thigh and arm. Embarked HS Stad Antwerpen for England on 7 October 1917.
    28 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Corps School (AIF), From 26th Battalion
    29 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4224, Australian Corps School (AIF), Discharged at the 1st Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Herbert Ernest Vaughan and Mary Vaugh nee Johnston of Hooker Street, Windsor, QLD.

    Commenced return  as invalidto Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Karoa disembarking on 29 June 1919  

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    On 13 March 1920 Kenneth married Lily Nelson in QLD. Lily later died in Brisbane on 24 September 1931.

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