VICKERY, Kenneth Firth
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | 4 October 1915, Enlisted at Victoria Barracks, NSW |
Last Rank: | Major |
Last Unit: | Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 |
Born: | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 15 December 1887 |
Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School; Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 19 October 1965, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Plot reads:- W-2A-RC-SE-9 |
Memorials: | Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
4 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Medical Officers, Enlisted at Victoria Barracks, NSW | |
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12 May 1916: | Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anglo Egyptian embarkation_ship_number: A25 public_note: '' | |
12 May 1916: | Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, HMAT Anglo Egyptian, Sydney | |
9 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
6 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 9th Field Artillery Brigade | |
6 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Ebenezer Vickery and Jane E. Vickery of 'Edina', Carrington Road, Waverley, NSW.
Brother of Donald George Robert Vickery who returned to Australia on 18 April 1919 having Served with the 7th Field Artillery Brigade
Commenced return to Australia on 31 July 1918 aboard HT Malta disembarking on 22 August 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1919c Kenneth married Mary I.J. Watson in Marrickville, NSW