Herbert Harold VAIL

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	18 July 1915, Enlisted in Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 2 March 1876
Home Town:	Trafalgar, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Chemist
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 5 July 1963, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Renowden Chapel, Section B. Niche 62. Service held on 9 July 1963. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

18 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Victoria
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
8 May 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to deafness

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Son of Edward Luke Vail and Elizabeth Vail nee Lowe of Trafalgar, Victoria.

Husband of Mary Brennan Farington Vail nee Fulton of Burke Road, Camberwell, Victoria. Herbert and Mary married during 1902c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia October 1916 aboard HT Ajana disembarking late November 1916

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal