Robert Walton VINEY

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Service Number:	5235
Enlisted:	1 November 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Signal Squadron Australian Mounted Division
Born:	Araclean, Tasmania, 24 December 1893
Home Town:	Parkham, Meander Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	New Ground School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Telegraphist
Died:	Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 16 June 1974, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Commemoration memorials, Rose Garden B8,36.. Launceston Garden of Remembrance, Wall 3, Row F, Niche 14.
Memorials:	Hobart Postmaster-General's Department WW1 Honour Roll, Moriarty Northdown State School Honour Board, Moriarty St George's Church New Ground Roll of Honour, Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance

1 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5235, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
29 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5235, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5235, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
28 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Signal Squadron Australian Mounted Division, From 12th Battalion
5 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5235, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit

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Served as Robert Walton Viney.

Son of George Arthur Viney and Leah Viney nee Treloggen of Latrobe, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 17 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 8 October 1919 Robert married Alice Charlotte Brockett in St John's Church, Launceston, Tasmania.