"Time may pass but memory lingers, round a grave so far away"
VALLI, Joseph James
Service No 1626 Private 7th Battalion
Born Golden Square, Bendigo, Vic. Son of John and Sarah J VALLI Of 578 High Street, Golden Square, Bendigo, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Blacksmith Enlisted 01 December 1914 Died of wounds 24 August 1916 Aged 20 years Buried Candry Old Communal Cemetery C 3
VANSTAN, George Stanley
Captain 5th Battalion, 46th Battalion
Born: 23 February 1891 at Ararat, Victoria Son of George & Martha VANSTAN Of Moyston, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: State School Teacher Enlisted: 26 September 1914 Embarkation: 20 December 1914 Age: 23 years Served in Egypt, Gallipoli, England, France & Belgium Suffered from Enteric Fever Returned to Australia: 13 April 1919 per ‘Anchises’ Appointment Terminated: 17 August 1919 Awarded Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches
Education Department's Record of War Service 1914-1919 Victoria
VARTY, John McGeachin
Service No: 559 Private 7th Battalion
Born: Footscray, Victoria Son of Joseph & Jean VARTY Of 3 Windsor St, Footscray, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Painter Enlisted: 19 August 1914 Embarkation: 29 October 1914 from Melbourne per ‘Hororata’ Age 25 years Served in Egypt & Gallipoli Killed in Action: 8 May 1915 Commemorated at Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Weekly Times 10 July 1915 page 52
VAUGHAN, Stanley Paul
Service number 36 Private 6th Battalion, Machine Gun Section
Born in North Melbourne, Vic Son of Thomas B. and Emily VAUGHAN of 37 Barwin Street, North Melbourne, Vic Occupation prior to enlistment Engineer Enlistment date 17 August 1914 Served in Gallipoli Killed in Action 8 August 1915 Aged 21 Buried at Shrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 54), Anzac, Gallipoli, Turkey
‘Australasian Saturday 13 November 1915 page 33’
VEAL, Norman Joseph
Service No 2070 Private 14th Battalion
Born Newport, Melbourne, Vic. Son of James B and Florence VEAL Of 72 Rowan Street, Bendigo, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Clerk Enlisted 23 February 1915 Killed in action 07 August 1915 at Gallipoli Aged 19 years Commemorated Lone Pine Memorial
VEALE, William Charles Douglas
Service No 8026 Lieutenant 2nd Division Engineers
Born 16 May 1895 at California Gully, Bendigo, Vic. Son of John VEALE Of California Gully, Bendigo, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Civil Engineer Enlisted 14 February 1916 Served on the Western Front Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was one of a party who were starting to mark out an assembly position when the officer and three others were seriously wounded. He attended to all their wounds under continuous shell fire, and got them away to safety. He then marked out the assembly position successfully. He showed great courage and initiative.' Awarded Military Cross 'During operation on the Somme, on the night of the 28-29th September, 1918, bridges were required to cross the canal between Eterpigny and Peronne. In spite of the darkness and persistent desultory shell fire, he reconnoitred the banks for suitable sites, and then proceeded with the dangerous work of transporting materials. Constantly harassed by shell fire, darkness, and shortness of time, by his fine example of courage and energy he constructed two excellent bridges in time for use by the infantry next morning.' Returned to Australia 22 November 1919
Bendigo Advertiser Wednesday 27 March 1918 page 3
VEALL, Charles Richard
Service No: 6903 Private 27th Battalion, 48th Battalion
Born: Melbourne, Victoria Mother: Louisa Ann VEALL 6 Balmoral St, South Yarra, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Student at Teachers College Carlton Enlisted: 15 August 1917 Embarkation: 30 October 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Aeneas’ Age: 21 years Served in England & France Wounded in Action on 2 Occasions: 17/1918 & 8/8/1918 Returned to Australia: 30 April 1919 per ‘Kashmir’ Discharged: 23 May 1919
Education Department's Record of War Service 1914-1919 Victoria
VENABLES, George Clarence
Leading Seaman 2228 Royal Australian Navy (HMAS Brisbane)
Enlisted Melbourne 30 September 1912. Service – High Seas. Posted to HMAS Pioneer 3 August 1914. During this time Pioneer captured the German merchant ships Neumunster and Thuringen off the coast of Western Australia and with HMAS Challenger, destroyed the German cruiser Konigsberg in the Rufigi River, East Africa. Transferred to HMAS Brisbane 7 November 1916. Discharged on 29 October 1919. Age 23. Born at Buln Buln. Son of Arthur and Julia Venables, Buln Buln. Awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal 1914-1918, and Allied Victory Medal.On the Buln Buln, and Warragul Shire Honour Boards.
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VENDY, Frank
Service no 502 Private 4th Light Horse Regiment
Son of Mrs. VENDY Of Landsborough, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Saddler Enlisted 26 August 1914 Died of wounds received at Gallipoli 31 July 1915 Buried Pieta Military Cemetery
The Australasian Saturday 04 September 1915 page 32
VIAL, Lorimer James
Service No: 4328 Lieutenant 8th Battalion
Born: Flemington, Victoria Son of Frank & Emily Mary VIAL Of Walpole St, Kew, Victoria Educated at Scotch College, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Merchant Enlisted: 23 July 1915 Embarkation: 29 December 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Demosthenes’ Age: 25 years Served in Egypt & France Killed in Action: 9 August 1918 at Pozieres, France Buried: Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France Plot 7, Row J, Grave 11
Scotch College - A School at War
VICKERY, James Sidney Swanton
Service no 12394 Private 10th Field Ambulance
Born Tamworth, NSW Son of Sidney Swanton and Gertrude Mary VICKERY Of Seymour Grove, Brighton Beach, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Medical Student Enlisted 14 March 1916 Killed in action 26 February 1917 Aged 21 years Buried Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery
University of Melbourne Records of Active Service
VINCENT, Frederick Leslie
Service No 2825 Corporal 59th Battalion
Born Croydon, Melbourne, Vic. Son of Arthur and Charlotte VINCENT Of Anderson Street, Caulfield, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Contractor Enlisted 02 August 1915 Died of wounds 24 April 1918 Aged 26 years Buried Adelaide Cemetery III M 20
VINCENT, Leslie Moore
Service No: 24540 Lance Sergeant 3rd DAC
Born 1881 Wangaratta, Victoria Wife: Christina VINCENT Of 22 White St, Brighton, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Mounted Constable Enlisted: 5 May 1916 Embarkation: 6 June 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Wandilla’ Age: 35 years Served in England & France Returned to Australia: 23 June 1919 per ‘Devanha’ Discharged: 7 August 1919
Mansfield's Souvenir of the Great War 1914 - 1919
VINCENT, Walter
Service No: 6965 Captain 23rd Battalion
Born 1899 Williamstown, Victoria Son of Walter George & Mary Elizabeth VINCENT Of 6 Isabella Grove, Hawthorn, Victoria Educated at Scotch College, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Clerk Enlisted: 5 June 1917 Embarkation: 21 November 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Nestor’ Age: 18 years Served in Egypt & France Killed in Action: 1 September 1918 Buried: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot 5, Row A, Grave 11
Scotch College - A School at War
VINE, Richard Vivian Bingham
Service no 5230 Private 57th Battalion
Son of Richard and Catherine VINE of Ouyen, Vic. Killed in action 15 October 1917 Buried Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31.
Education Department's Record of War Service 1914-1919 Victoria
VOCE, Edward Stanley
Service No: 61012 Private 5th Battalion
Born 1890 Salisbury, England Married with 1 child Wife: Hilda Hettie VOCE Of 38 Albert St, East Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: State School Teacher Enlisted: 30 May 1918 Embarkation: 31 August 1918 from Melbourne per ‘Barambah’ Age: 28 years Served in England & France Returned to Australia: 22 September 1919 Discharged: 7 October 1919
Education Department's Record of War Service 1914-1919 Victoria
VOGLER, Albyn Herbert
Service No 2895 Lieutenant 21st Battalion
Born 07 April 1895 at Carlton, Vic. Son f Henry VOGLER Of Yarra Glen, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Bank Clerk Enlisted 06 July 1915 Returned to Australia 15 January 1919