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MELLINGTON, Vincent Charles

Service Number:	6565
Enlisted:	16 August 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rokewood, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Rokewood, Golden Plains, Victoria
Schooling:	Rokewood State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, (Panel 7)
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Corindhap Boys Pictorial Roll of Honour, Dereel State School No 748 & District Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Rokewood Soldiers Honour Board, Rokewood War Memorial, Shelford Shire of Leigh Roll of Honor, Swan Hill War Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6565, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6565, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6565, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6565, 8th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road

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