Branch of Service

Air Force

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

21/10/1941

Date of Discharge

11/12/1945

Place of Enlistment

Canberra ACT

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

31/12/1921

Place of Birth

Sydney NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Moore Street, Turner ACT

School(s) Attended

Ainslie Primary School, Canberra High School

Next of Kin

Bernard and Alice Vant (parents), Moore Street, Turner ACT

Service Number

433527

Final Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Final Unit

6 Repair & Servicing Unit, Mt. Druitt

Vant enlisted first in the Army (service number N243238), serving with 10 Workshop & Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers before being discharged on 13 April 1943 and enlisting with the RAAF the next day. He died on 11 June 2007 in Canberra.

WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
Canberra High School, Jubilee Yarralumlan, 1938-1988
The Canberra Times - 5 December 1933, 13 February 1939, 16 June 2007