Edwin Aloysius VINCENT

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VINCENT, Edwin Aloysius

Other Name:	Vincent, Edwin Alloysius - Service Records
Service Number:	1582
Enlisted:	9 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Thebarton, South Australia, Australia, 16 November 1896
Home Town:	Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Vaudeville Artist
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide Christian Brothers' College WW1 Roll of Honor, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

World War 1 Service

9 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1582, Depot Battalion , Keswick, South Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1582, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1582, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
18 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1582, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1582, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1582, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1582, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1582, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Edwin had two brothers killed during the war, 2230 Pte. William Goldsborough Vincent, 10th Battalion AIF was killed at Pozieres only a few days after Edwin, on 23 July 1916. Age 23.

Another brother, 3517 Cpl. Bewick Henry Vincent 50th Battalion AIF, was killed in action the next year, on 2 April, 1917, age 26.

From Edward's Red Cross Wounded and Missing file the following report was given, 'I know Edward Vincent very well. He was my best pal, and when I joined the Battalion at the front five or six weeks ago, I made special enquiries about him. I was told that he went out on a big raid one night at Fleur Baix (sic) in July. While they were coming back from the raid the other men who were with him saw him wounded, and coming back across No Mans (sic) Land singing. No one ever saw him again. He was a "Rag time" singer and a great favourite.'

They were the sons of Mrs. Hannah Vincent, 21 Hawthorne Street, Southwark, South Australia. Their father, Thomas Aloysius Vincent also passed away during 1917. Hannah Vincent was left with three remaining children.

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