RAPER, Victor Angus

RAPER,  Victor Angus

Full Name: Victor Angus

RAPER

Date of Birth: 03

–

1892

Place of birth: Colac VIC

Australia

Occupation: Sleeper Hewer

Address: Greenbushes WA

Next of Kin: Mother- Mary Ann RAPER

Next of Kin Address: Jephson Street Greenbushes WA

Religion: Roman Catholic

Service Number: 5180

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 16th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1916-01-17

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1916-03-31

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1916-04-27

Locations Served:

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Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Rouen France

Age at Death: 24

Burial Location: St Sever Cemetery Rouen France – Plot B, Row 23, Grave No. 20.

12/01/1916- Completed Application for Enlistment & Preliminary Medical Examination Greenbushes WA
17/01/1916- To No. 44 Depot Blackboy Hill WA as Private
3/03/1916- To ” A ” Company No.7 Depot Battalion Blackboy Hill
23/03/1916- Allotted to 16th Reinforcements 16th Battalion Bunbury WA
31/03/1916- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Shropshire ” bound for Egypt
27/04/1916- Disembarked Alexandria ex Australia to Overseas Training Base
5/05/1916- Admitted 3rd Australian Aux Hospital Abbassia Egypt ( Laryngitis )
7/06/1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
14/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles
17/07/1916- Joined 16th Battalion in the field France ex Base Depot Etaples
30/08/1916- Wounded in Action France ( Gunshot Wounds Compound Fracture Left Thigh & Shattered Left Hand )
4/09/1916- Admitted 3rd Stationary Hospital Rouen ex 49th Casualty Clearing Station ex Ambulance Train 9
7/09/1916- Died of Wounds Received in Action France ( Died at 11.00 a.m at 3rd Stationary Hospital Rouen France ).

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – No. 34504

Victory Medal – No. 34260

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 310033.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Greenbushes War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 81.