VESSEY C.W.

Given Names:  Charles Weaver

Service Number:  2894

Unit:  14th Battalion, 9th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  19 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Salesman                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  154 Lbs

Chest:  33-35 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  20/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Frederick Vessey

10 Tennyson Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  27/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Beltana  

Embarked:  18/10/1917                             

Disembarked: 

Unit:  4th Light Trench Mortar Battery                                                                                            

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  18/2/1918                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  6188

British War Medal:  20703

Victory Medal:  20572

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  10/3/1897

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Frederick Staley VESSEY           

Mother:  Lydia RICKETTS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Mildred Lucy WALLIS

DEATH

Date or Year: 10/9/1984                          

Place: Norwood, South Australia              

Burial:  Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 28/7/1916; shrapnel wound, left thigh

Wounded in action 10/4/1917; gun shot wound, neck/face

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  S31807                                       

Date Enlisted:  7/11/1940                                        

Date Discharged:  5/9/1946

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