VASEY J.B.

Given Names:  John Brinsden

Service Number:  158

Unit:  2nd Field Company, Engineers                                                                                

Rank:  Lance Corporal                                                                                                    

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Age:  20 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Surveyor                                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11 In                   

Weight:  160 Lbs

Chest:  38 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  21/8/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  George Vasey

Clovelly', Barry Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  21/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Orvieto A3

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of disease

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Unit:  2nd Field Company Engineers                                                                                              

Rank:  Corporal

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  3896

British War Medal:  4529

Victory Medal:  4528

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BIRTH

Date or Year:  17/9/1893

Place:  Malvern, Victoria                          

Father:  George Brinsden VASEY            

Mother:  Alice Isabel McCUTCHEON

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 14/8/1915                          

Place: Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey           

Burial:  Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 7/8/1915 at Lone Pine, Gallipoli; gun shot wound, face and leg

As a result of wounds, died of Septicemia in Malta

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 321409

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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