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VYNER, Charles James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 421 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 June 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
| Born: | Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, September 1888 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 18 December 1961, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Ashes were scattered in a general plot. No memorial at the cemetery. |
| Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 421, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW | |
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| 13 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 421, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 421, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 5 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd ANZAC Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps | |
| 9 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) | |
| 20 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert Thomas Vyner and Sarah Ellen Vyner of Armidale, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia 5 March 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 11 April 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal