VAUGHAN, Daniel
| Service Number: | 204 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Veterinary Corps |
| Born: | Sheep Hills, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Sheep Hills, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Cardiac failure & Colon cancer, Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 7 August 1961 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 204, 2nd Veterinary Section: AIF, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement 204, 2nd Veterinary Section: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked 204, 2nd Veterinary Section: AIF, HMAT Borda, Melbourne | |
| 23 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 204, Australian Veterinary Corps, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Tudor Vaughan and Agnes Vaughan nee Trotter of Sheep Hills, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 12 October 1918 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 25 December 1918
Medals: Meritorious Service Medal, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
18 June 1918 he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for : - During period September 22nd 1917 to 24th February 1918 this N.C.O. Has consistently performed his duties in a most praiseworthy and conscientious manner. The keen personal interest and the energetic he has always carried out his work has not only been an example to the N.C.O.s and men of the Battery but has also earned for him the confidence of his Officers. During the extreme weather experienced whilst the Division was at Peronne, Sergeant Vaughan carried out his work, under extremely trying and severe conditions, in a manner worthy of the highest Commendation. London Gazette on 17 June 1918, page 7180, position 30 and Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 November 1918, page 2115, position 52
During 1924c Daniel married Emma Fong Tong in Victoria.