Michael VITNELL

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Service Number:	1925
Enlisted:	22 January 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 1871
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 13 January 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mudgee General Cemetery, New South Wales Anglican, Row N. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

22 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1925, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1925, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1925, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
17 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1925, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to ulcers

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Son of William Vitnell and Mary Ann Vitnell of Mudge, NSW later of Redfern, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 11 January 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 4 March 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1928c Michael married Annie M.M. McCallum in Sydney, NSW