VINCENT, William Nathaniel
| Service Number: | 11142 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Carrathool, New South Wales, Australia, 4 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Carrathool, Carrathool, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 24 August 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 15, Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Reninghelst, Flanders, Belgium, West Kempsey Cemetery, West Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carrathool Public School WW1 Honour Roll, Narrandera WW1 War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 11142, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 11142, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 11142, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 23 Aug 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 11142, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 11142 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Battery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-08-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW) 7 September 1917. ‘Mr C. Vincent, of Church Street Hay, has received word that his brother, Gunner W. N. Vincent, was killed in action in France on August 23rd. Gunner Vincent, who was only 19 years of age, enlisted two years ago from Narrandera. He was well known In Hay and Carrathool districts and his friends will regret to learn of his death while doing his duty to his King and country.’
From his Red Cross Wounded and Missing file, ‘Vincent-known as Bill, was in my subsection when he was killed in the gun pit at our position in front of Zillebeke, on 23 August 1917. He was killed outright. He was brought down and buried at Reninghelst and I was at his burial on 24 August. He was the best gunner we had in the battery, game for anything. He might have done anything, but he never would take the stripes.’ Bombardier N.E. Lilleman
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