David John VINSON

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Service Number:	3386
Enlisted:	8 May 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia, 10 May 1898
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 July 1967, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:

8 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3386, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 3386, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 3386, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
24 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 41st Infantry Battalion, From 42nd Battalion
21 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3386, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Son of William Vinson and Susannah Vinson nee Young of Dutton Park, Brisbane, QLD.

Brother of Henry Joseph Vinson who returned to Australia on 20 February 1919 having served with the 2nd Machine Gun Battalion

Next of kin given as his brother Thomas Simon Vinson C/- Mrs J. E Kelly, Mount Colliery, Warwick, Tannymorel, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 20 December 1918 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 1 February 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal