Territory Stories

Victor Raymond

Details:

Title

Victor Raymond,

Name

Victor Raymond,

Also known as

Raymond, Victor Claude,

Collection

Returned ANZACs, Territory ANZACs, First World War, 1914-1918,

Place of birth

Maryborough (Qld.),

Place of enlistment

Enoggera (Qld.),

Date of enlistment

1915-08-28,

Age

32,

Occupation

Station Manager,

Service

Australian Imperial Force,

Unit

15th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement ; Australian Flying Corps,

Rank

Private,

Service number

2820,

Date of death

1969-09-29,

Place of death

Elsey,

Biographical notes

Raymond is believed to be 'The Dandy Stockman' referred to in Jeanie Gunn's book 'We of the Never Never'.,

History

Raymond embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A33 'Ayrshire' on 1 September 1915 with the 15th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement. He was transferred to the Australian Flying Corps on 18 July 1917 but shortly after returned to Australia on 19 October 1917. He arrived back in Darwin during February 1918.,

Subject

World War, 1914-1918, Northern Territory, Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, History, ANZAC,

Related links

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8027259, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/32/, http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1553405/, http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067398/RCDIG1067398--395-.JPG, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8477816, http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=7638, http://austcemindex.com/inscription.php?id=7029045, http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/14708, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/32/ [Unit War Diary], http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/14708 [Picture NT : Men.], http://austcemindex.com/inscription.php?id=7029045 [Australian Cemeteries Index: Victor Claude "Dandy Stockman" Raymond], http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=7638 [NT Place Names Register : Raymond Street], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8477816 [History of the 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces : war 1914-1918 by T.P. Chataway. Brisbane, Qld. : William Brooks, 1948.], http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8027259 [Service Record], http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1553405/ [Nominal Roll], http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067398/RCDIG1067398--395-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A33 'Ayrshire'], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38686275 [Darwin Returned Servicemens' League (RSL) : A Concise History of its Conception and Development by Clive Francis Geddes. Darwin : Clive Francis Geddes, 2011: p.4.],

Parent handle

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/235502,