VAUGHAN, John Thomas Mason
Service Number: | 2826 |
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Enlisted: | 13 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
Born: | Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Clifton Hill, Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Upholsterer |
Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 12 September 1957, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Warringal Cemetery, Victoria |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2826, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2826, 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, 2826, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Moldavia, Melbourne | |
24 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, From 21st Battalion | |
31 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, From 7th Battalion | |
11 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2826, 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Shell wound to the chest | |
4 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 46th Battalion | |
31 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2826, 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Vaughan and Louisa Matilda Vaughan nee Mason of Spensley, Clifton Hill, Victoria. Brother of Reginald Vaughan who returned to Australia on 29 September 1917 having served with the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
Returned to Australia on 24 September 1917 aboard HS Demosthenes
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1918c John married Henrietta Florence Vaughan in Victoria