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VINALL, Charles Robert Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 387 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Durban, South Africa, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Morwell, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Boolarra School Honour Roll, Morwell War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 387, 15th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 387, 15th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 387, 15th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 5 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 387, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Severe shell wound to the left leg. Invalided to England on 11 August 1918 | |
| 15 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 387, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Vinall and Eleanon Blanche Vinall nee Corrigan of Morwell, Victoria formerly of South Africa.
Brother of Henry Victor Vinall who returned to Australia on 1 September 1919 having served with the 14th Field Artillery Brigade.
Commenced return to Australia on 19 February 1919 aboard HT Orca disembarking on disembarking on 17 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1927c Charled married May English in Victoria