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Bacchus Marsh
Avenue of Honour

Corporal William Vallence MM

1881
Born at Bacchus Marsh, VIC
1903 - 1908
Served in the 9th Light Horse regiment
15/9/1914
Enlisted in the AIF, 4th Light Horse Regiment, aged 32
19/10/1914
Embarked aboard the HMAT A18 Wiltshire
10/12/1914
Disembarked in Egypt
13/12/1914 - 24/12/1914
Admitted to hospital - influenza.
20/5/1915 - 22/5/1915
Landed at Gallipoli
11/8/1915
Wounded in action - shrapnel wound to the right temple
13/8/1915
Admitted to hospital at Mudros, Island of Lemnos, Greece
28/9/1915
Admitted to hospital in Malta - shrapnel wound and dysentry
17/10/1915
Admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, England
5/3/1916
Rejoined 4th Light Horse in Egypt - D Squadron
10/6/1916
Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt
17/6/1916
Disembarked at Marsielles, France
7/7/1916
Transferred to the II ANZAC Mounted Regiment
7/2/1917
Promoted to Lance Corporal
5/5/1917 - 21/5/1917
Detached for duty with the 8th Corps
2/6/1917 - 15/6/1917
On leave in France
17/6/1917 - 14/7/1917
Detached for duty with salvage party, 25th Division
8/8/1917 - 1/9/1917
Detached for duty with the Assistant Provost Marshal, 2nd ANZAC Headquarters
12/9/1917
Appointed acting Corporal without pay
1/10/1917 - 8/10/1917
Detached for duty with prisoner escort party, 2nd ANZAC Headquarters
22/11/1917 - 29/11/1917
Detached for duty with anti aircraft section, 2nd ANZAC Headquarters
Awarded the Military Medal
3/12/1917 - 26/12/1917
Detached to ANZAC Salvage Company
1/2/1918
Promoted to Corporal
4/2/1918 - 20/2/1918
On leave in England
Unit reorganised into the XXII Corps Mounted Regiment
27/2/1918
Wounded in action - gassed, Mustard shell - admitted to 3rd Canadian Clearing Station
7/3/1918
Admitted to 7th Canadian General Hospital - Etaples, France
6/3/1918
Admitted to 1st Birmingham War Hospital
28/3/1918
Transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, England
1/5/1918
Discharged to Command Depot
17/6/1918
Marched in to Light Horse Training Depot
8/10/1918
Re-transferred to 4th Light Horse Regiment
20/11/1918
Embark for Australia aboard the Suevic
5/1/1919
Returned to Australia
5/3/1919
Discharged from the AIF - medically unfit - gassed
30/9/1919
Re-enlisted in the AIF in Sydney, as a Private, Service No. 86493
14/10/1919
Embarked at Sydney, Australia aboard the Rugia for Special Service Abroard
16/12/1919
Disembarked at London and granted leave
24/1/1920
Embark for Australia
26/3/1920
Discharged from the AIF
21/2/1932
Died at Caufield, Victoria, of cancer, aged 52

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