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Bacchus Marsh
Avenue of Honour
Rank [ lieutenant ] - Results 16

Lieutenant Packington Joseph Vallence

20/1/1877
Born at Bacchus Marsh, VIC
1899
Embarked for South Africa - Boer War - 1st Victorian Contingent (Mounted Infantry)
1900
Returned to Australia - invalided
1903
A Lance Corporal with the Victorian Mounted Rifles
1904
A Corporal with the 9th Light Horse Regiment
1909
A Sergeant
1913
Provisional 2nd Lieutenant with the 29th Light Horse Regiment
23/4/1915
Appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the AIF, 6th Reinforcements, 4th Light Horse Regiment, aged 39
25/6/1915
Embarked aboard the HMAT A40 Ceramic
24/10/1915
Landed at Gallipoli
27/12/1915
Disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt
28/1/1916
Promoted to Lieutenant
21/3/1916
Posted to 1st Division Cavalry and embarked from Egypt
27/3/1916
Disembarked at Marseilles, France
13/5/1916
Transferred to 1st ANZAC Mounted Regiment
7/7/1916
Transferred to II ANZAC Mounted Regiment
26/9/1916 - 5/12/1916
Detached to Commander, Royal Engineers - Armentieres, France
23/12/1916 - 5/1/1917
On leave in France
8/5/1917 - 30/5/1917
Detached to school of instruction
17/6/1917 - 20/6/1917
Detached to 25th Division, salvage party
21/6/1917 - 31/8/1917
Detached to 2nd ANZAC, anti-aircraft section
31/8/1917 - 11/9/1917
On leave
3/10/1917 - 7/10/1917
Detached to anti-aircraft
29/11/1917 - 6/12/1917
Detached to anti-aircraft
14/1/1918 - 31/1/1918
On leave in Paris, France
22/2/1918 - 1/3/1918
Detached to II Corps
14/3/1918
Seconded for duty with the Light Horse Training Depot, England
18/3/1918 - 26/3/1918
To hospital - influenza
23/10/1918
Rejoin XXII Corps Mounted Regiment in France
14/12/1918
Transferred to the 13th Light Horse regiment
19/4/1919
Return to England
4/6/1919
Embark from England aboard the Mahia
17/7/1919
Returned to Australia
12/9/1919
Appointment with AIF terminated
1920
Promoted to Captain with the 29th Light Horse Regiment
1921
Transferred to the 19th Light Horse Regiment
1926
Age for retirement extended
2/12/1926
Died at Caufield, VIC, aged 49

Last updated by lee, Tue, 18 May 2021 16:05:40