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| dateofbirth	  = not known 1895
| placeofbirth	  = Perth, Western Australia
| death	          = 31 Mar 1936
| placeofdeath	  = not known
| enlistmentage	  = 20 years old
| description	  = 5'7" (1.70m) tall; weight 140 lbs (63.5 kg); medium complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.
| height          = 5'7" (1.70m)
| weight          = 140 lbs
| complexion      = medium
| eyes            = blue
| hair            = brown
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| occupation	  = Miner
| religion	  = Roman Catholic
| address	  = NOK: Yamba Orchard, Keysbrook, Western Australia
| relation	  = Mother
| nextofkin       = Mrs Elizabeth Hunter
| regnumber	  = [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3274672 2645]
| enlistmentdate  = 21 Jun 1915
| rank	          = Private
| unit     	  = 16th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement / 4th Brigade, 4th Division
| embarkationdatefrom = 2 Sep 1915 
| embarkationdateto = ? Sep 1915
| shipembarked	  = [[HMAT A68 Anchises]]
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| dateofreturnfrom = 11 Apr 1916
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| shipreturned    = [[HMAT A54 Runic]]
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| fate1	          = Returned to Australia
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| monument1	  = [[Keysbrook Roll of Honour]]
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| medal1	  = [[1914-15 Star]]
| medal2          = [[British War Medal]]
| medal3          = [[Victory Medal]]
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==Pre War==
Pre enlistment Victor was living at 177 Piesse street, Boulder employed as a presser

==War Service==
Allocated to the 8th reinforcement draft for the 16th Battalion, he travelled with them to Egypt aboard [[HMAT A68 Anchises]] which departed Fremantle on 2 Sep 1915  and arrive din Egypt later that month. On 18 Oct 1915 he boarded the [[HMT Kalyan]] in Alexandria, and disembarked at Mudros on 23 Oct 1915 where he was taken on strength by the [[16th Battalion]]. 


Ill, in late December he was embarked on the [[HMAT A11 Ascanius]] for Alexandria, arriving on 31 Dec 1915. Admitted the same day to the [[1st Australian Stationary Hospital]] in Ismailia with jaundice and an in-growing toe nail. On 14 Jan he was loaded onto a hospital train for Cairo where he was admitted to the [[2nd Australian General Hospital]]. Recovered he was transferred to the Australian & New Zealand Convalescent Depot on 24 Jan 1916. His health may have deteriorated, as on 19 Feb 1916 he was admitted to the [[2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital]] where he was diagnosed with a cardiac problem, described as a 'Very disorderly heart'. Transferred again on 9 Mar 1916, this time to the [[1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital]] also in Heliopolis.  


Leaving there on 10 Apr 1916 to travel to Port Suez where next day he boards the [[HMAT A54 Runic]] for Australia.
and returned to Australia due to cardiac problems "Very Disorderly Heart".  Discharged by the 5th Military District on 19 May 1916 as permanently unfit for further service. Victor's illness was reported in Australian Papers<ref> The Daily News Mon 7 Feb 1916 p.5</ref>

==Post War==
While Victor does not appear in Electoral Rolls post WW1 (at least not under his own name), a number of newspaper articles in the early 1920s mention him at Cook on the Trans line.  On 14 May 1935 the Kalgoorlie Miner at page 4 reports that V.T. Compassi from Quorn in South Australia (representing the Commonwealth Railways), was attending an Engine Drivers Conference in Adelaide as a delegate.
The same article was repeated in the West Australian.

In the 7 Sep 1932 edition of the South Australian Police Gazette, Victor, together with two other men was charged with breaching the Licencing Act in the Transcontinental Hotel at Quorn. Fined 30/- each with £1 costs.

==Notes==
No record of him ever reaching Gallipoli is contained in his records, however an official search of his records and of the Battalion War Diary led Military Authorities to conclude that he had served on Gallipoli at some point between 23 Oct and 30 Dec 1915.
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==External Links==
*[https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=59411 AIF Project]
*[https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/305052 RSL Memorial]

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