Vernon Lionel VINEY

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Service Number:	689
Enlisted:	11 January 1917, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Kimberley, Tasmania, Australia, 21 October 1900
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 6 September 1949, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 5, Section 21
Memorials:	Deloraine War Memorial, Kimberley Honour Roll

11 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 689, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
9 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 689, 2nd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
9 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 689, 2nd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , From 2nd Machine Gun Company
23 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 689, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Wound to the face. Invalided to England on 29 August 1918
12 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 689, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of William Thomas Viney and Alice Jane Viney nee Huett of Springfield , Tasmania formerly of Clarendon, Tasmania.

Brother of Adye Roy Viney who returned to Australia on 25 July 1919 having served with the 4th Machine Gun Company

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on 10 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 12 December 1922 Vernon married Miley Chamberlain in St Andrew's Manse, Hobart, Tasmania