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Vivian CAPPER

Regimental number695
Place of birthSt Marys, Tasmania
SchoolBeaconsfield State School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStockman
AddressConnell Street, Waihi, New Zealand
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Charles Capper, Connell Street, Waihi, New Zealand
Enlistment date6 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/10/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A44 Vestalia on 19 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 23 October 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Listed on Beaconsfield State School Roll of Honour ('Esse Quam Videri': To be Be rather than to Seem), Tasmania.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Date of death14 June 1961
Place of burialNorthern Suburbs Crematorium

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