Walter Henry VINCENT

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Service Number:	5229
Enlisted:	14 February 1916, Enlisted at Leongatha, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Norwich, England, 1894
Home Town:	Kongwak, Bass Coast, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Memorials:

14 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5229, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Leongatha, Victoria
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5229, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5229, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
19 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5229, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Caroline Vincent of Beaconsfield Road, Silver Road, Norwich, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 27 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In January 1921 his was residing in Norwich, England as his mother's address