Adye Roy VINEY

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VINEY, Adye Roy

Service Number:	1099
Enlisted:	20 September 1914, Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 19 December 1890
Home Town:	Clarendon Vale, Clarence, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wheelwright
Died:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 25 May 1971, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Monumental, Section C14, Grave 28. Interred on the 27 May 1971
Memorials:	Deloraine War Memorial, Kimberley Honour Roll, Sassafras Methodist Church Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

20 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1099, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1099, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1099, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
17 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1099, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the left hand
20 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 15th Battalion
13 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Company, From 47th Battalion. Had previously been destined for another battalion
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1099, 4th Machine Gun Company, Second occasion. Wounds to the arm and right thigh, later amputated.
6 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1099, 4th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to amputation

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Adye was underage when he enlisted.

Son of William Thomas Viney and Alice Jane Viney nee Huett of Clarendon, Tasmania.

Brother of Vernol Lionel Viney who returned to Australia on 10 May 1919 having served with the 1st Machine Gun Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 4 June 1919 aboard HT Bremer disembarking on 25 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Harriett Lichfield Vuney nee Robinson of Garfield Street, Launceston, Tasmania. Adye and Harriet married during 1918 in Uxbridge, London, England.

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