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VINCENT, William Cumming
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 667, 413 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1891 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 667, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Private, 667, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Private, 667, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Mar 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 667, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Time served | |
| 15 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 413, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 413, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 413, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 5 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 413, 17th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the hand | |
| 31 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 413, 17th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Multiple shell wounds to the back, thigh and feet. Invalided to England on 6 June 1918. | |
| 19 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 413, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Next of kin given as his brother Walter John Vincent of Wells Street, Redfern, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 4 January 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on 20 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal