VINE-HALL, Douglas John
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1915, Enlisted in Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia, 15 July 1891 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Solicitor |
| Died: | St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 26 October 1969, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Yeoval NSW Solicitors in WWI Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 11 Dec 1915: | Involvement 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 11 Dec 1915: | Embarked 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
| 22 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 1st Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 29 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Vine Hall and Alice Hall of Union Street, North Sydney, NSW.
Brother of Austin Pickard Vine-Hall, returned to Australia on 23 June 1919 having served with the 55th Battalion; and Noel Francis Vine-Hall who died of wounds on 3 June 1915 while serving with the 13th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on the Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 36.
Previously apprenticed with George Angus Sly, Solicitors of Sydney, NSW for five years.
Returned to Australia on 31 July 1918 aboard HT Malta disembarking on 28 Spetember at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Douglas married May Nott in Mosman, NSW