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VINES, Geoffrey Dowling
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 281 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 April 1916, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 4th Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Noorat, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Terang, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | North Adelaide, South Australia, 12 April 1962, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Acacia, Path CE, Grave 408. Interred on 13 April 1962 |
| Memorials: | Terang War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 281, 15th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 281, 15th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 281, 15th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 28 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, 4th Division Supply Column, In France | |
| 12 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Motor Transport Company, From 4th Division Supply Column | |
| 13 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 281, 4th Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joshua Edward Vines and Maria Louisa Vines nee Dowling of Sunnyside, Terang, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 13 July 1919 aboard HT Persic disembarking on 29 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Audrey Gilbert Vine nee Collins. Geoffrey and Audrey married during 1929c
Residential address at the time of death was Toorak, Victoria