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, Beresfield, New South Wales
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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.