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VINNICOMBE, Walter George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 8202 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Bakery and Butchery |
| Born: | Budleigh East, Devon, England, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8202, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 27 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 8202, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 8202, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 8202, 2nd Field Bakery and Butchery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic bronchitis |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son og George Robert Vinnicombe of Budleigh East, Devon, England
Address at the time of enlistment was given as Illawarra Hotel, Erskine Street, Sydney, NSW.
Husband of Eliza Vinnicombe nee Bishop of Winifred Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England. Walter and Eliza married on 26 December 1909 in St. Paul's Church, Stratford, West Midlands, England. Frank Mills officiated
Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 21 March 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal