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VICKERY, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6278 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 March 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Service Corps AIF |
| Born: | Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 26 May 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican area, Section WI, Grave 0084 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6278, 6th Infantry Brigade Train, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 22 May 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 6278, 6th Infantry Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1915: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 6278, 6th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 16 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 6278, Australian Army Service Corps AIF, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Served as Robert Vickery but full name was Robert Edmund Hey Vickery.
Son of Giles Vickery and Jane Vickery nee Wilkinson of Forbes, NSW.
Husband of May Alice Vickery nee Smith of Aberdeen Street, Perth, WA later of Coogee Street, Mount Hawthorn, WA. Robert and May married in Perth, WA during 1912c
Commenced return to Australia on 13 April 1919 aboard HT Castalia disembarking on 22 May 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal