VITNELL, Ernest Edward
| Service Number: | 1315 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 1975, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1315, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1315, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1315, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1315, 17th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the head | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1315, 17th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the neck. Transferred to England on 11 November 1916 aboard HS Carisbrooke Castle | |
| 30 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1315, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to neurasthenia |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Henry Vitnell of Eugowra Public School, Orange, NSW and Sarah Elizabeth Vitnell of Melrose Calvert Street, Marrickville, NSW.
Brother of Horace Gordon Vitnell who returned to Australia on 18 September 1917 having served with the 4th Battalion and brother of William John Henry Vitnell whoi returned to Australia on 28 August 1917 having served with the 12th Light Horse Regiment
Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 4 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1923c Ernest married Phyllis A. Vincent in Forbes, NSW