Vallance-J-J-Pte-5243

Page history last edited by Lenore Frost 5 years, 10 months ago

Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Private James John Vallance, presumably taken in Egypt in 1916.

Courtesy of peterwatson42 on Ancestry.com

Vallance J J Pte 5243 James John 8 Inf Bn 23 Railway employee Single C of E

Address: Flemington, Racecourse Rd, “Kara Kara”

Next of Kin: Vallance, H, Mr, father, “Kara Kara”

Enlisted: 22 Sep 1915

Embarked: A23 Suffolk 1 Apr 1916

Relatives on Active Service:

Vallance J C Driver 33352 brother

Flemington-Kensington Church News, June 1919

243 —Pte. J. J. Vallance, 8th Batt., sailed for Egypt on 1st April, 1916. After a short stay in that country he was transhipped to France, landing at Marseilles, and thence across the country from South to North to the scene of operations. He has never said much about the great adventure he has been engaged in, but, as he has been with the gallant 8th right through we know he has had a full share of all the things going. He had a had attack of trench feet, which necessitated a visit to "Blighty," where he was three months at Hurdcott and Sutton Veney. He has had leave in Scotland, where he had at very good time with relatives at Strathavon. When last heard from "he was O.K."