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VINICOMBE, Edward William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4018 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Pingelly, Pingelly, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Rivervale, Western Australia, 17 March 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremated remains dispersed at the Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4018, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 22 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4018, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4018, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ajana, Fremantle | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 16th Battalion | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4018, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Corps School (AIF), From 48th Battalion | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd ANZAC Corps School | |
| 17 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4018, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to otitis |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Edward Vinicombe and Ellen Sarah Vinicombe nee Window of East Pingelly, WA.
Commenced return to Australia on 11 December 1918 aboard HT Saxon disembarking on 20 January 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In 1925c Edward married Ailsa Amelia Dionysia Sladden in Brookton, WA.
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