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Originally Posted by Ironside410
Hello Jo
VX190 is the service number of Andrew Mclean.
The V in the service number indicates he enlisted in the State of Victoria.
The number 190 indicates he was a very early enlistee, in fact if you check the WW2 Nominal Roll you will see McLean enlisted in November 1939 and served through until 1946.
Regards
Dennis
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The "X" also shows that this man was a volunteer, a member of the 2AIF.
A soldier from Victoria who was in the Militia would have had just the "V" as a prefix.
Here is an interesting tidbit that I once read in a book about the Australians in Malaya. An Australian jockey was working in Singapore, or Malaya.
When the 8th Division arrived he volunteered for the 2AIF and was given the prefix "MX". M for Malaya.