VASEY G.A.

Given Names:  George Alan

Service Number: 

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 11                                                                         

Rank:  Lieutenant                                                                                                            

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Age:  20 Yrs   

Occupation:  Soldier                                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  6 Ft  3 In                     

Weight:   Lbs

Chest:   In

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ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  29/6/1915

Place: 

Next of Kin:  FATHER  George Vasey

Clovelly', Barry Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  18/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Wiltshire A18

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Demosthenes                                   

Embarked:  26/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  14/9/1919

Unit:  Deputy Assistant Aduntant, 3rd Division Headquarters                                                            

Rank:  Major

Discharge Date:  6/11/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  19006

British War Medal:  27639

Victory Medal:  27504

Other:    DSO

MiD (2)

BIRTH

Date or Year:  29/3/1895

Place:  East Malvern, Victoria                   

Father:  George Brinsden VASEY            

Mother:  Alice Isabel McCUTCHEON

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:  Glenroy

Spouse: Jessie Mary HALBERT

DEATH

Date or Year: 5/3/1945                            

Place: Machins Beach, Cairns, Queensland                                                              

Burial:  Cairns War Cemetery, Queensland

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

WW1 file amalgamated with WW2

Initially served in France, and saw action in the Somme campaign. As Trainee Staff Captain on 11th Infantry Brigade HQ, took part in the battles of Messines (June 1917) and Ypres (Oct 1917) in Belgium - having been made Brigade Major in Aug 1917. He took part in the defence of Amiens (March 1918), the allided offensive (Aug) and the attack on the Hindenburg Line (Sept-Oct 1918).

Distinguished Service Order - awarded 3/6/1918

Mention in Despatches - 24/10/1918 & 30/10/1919

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX9                                            

Date Enlisted:  31/10/1939                                      

Date Discharged:  5/3/1945

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