Vic grew up in Western NSW to a farming family outside
Forbes. War broke out while Vic was still at School. At the age of 17 Vic took
part in a Cooee march to Armidale and upon turning 18 enlisted and underwent
training before finally being ‘shipped out’ in June 1918.
The ship presented a less than satisfactory transport ship
where the food was so bad that Vic and many of the troops swam ashore while
taking on supplies in South Africa. Vic
and the rest of the men were soon, bundled back onto the ship to continue the
journey to England.
No sooner had Vic made it to England and the war ended. Soon
after the armistice Vic who had been training as an accounts clerk before
enlisting spend the next couple of years traveling around the UK settling the
debts, on behalf of the Army, of Australian soldiers that did not return.
ARMY SERVICE RECORD (Link to National Archives)
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