Frederick VINN

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Service Number:	6144
Enlisted:	11 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Shoreditch, London, England, 1886
Home Town:	Woolwich, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	French Polisher
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 22 August 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Shrub Garden 1, 0062 Commemorated at he NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

11 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6144, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
3 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6144, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
3 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6144, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6144, 21st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the thumb and finger on the right hand
23 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6144, 21st Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed.
20 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Infantry Battalion, From 21st Battalion
24 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6144, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Joseph Vinn and Jane Vinn of London, England. Apprenticed to H. Hopkins of London, England for five years.

Husband of Muriel Jane Vinn nee Collison of Woolwich Road, Woolwich, NSW. Frederick and Muriel married during 1915 in Hunter's Hill, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 13 July 1919 aboard HT Persic disembarking on 2 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal