Ernest Toby VINE

VINE, Ernest Toby

Service Numbers: 1748, QX64860 (Q119963)
Enlisted: 14 February 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion
Born: Hughenden, Queensland, Australia, 16 December 1897
Home Town: Hughenden, Flinders, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Storeman
Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 December 1991, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland
Lawn 4, Grave 722
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World War 1 Service

14 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1748, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
20 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 1748, 47th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
20 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 1748, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
6 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion , From 47th Battalion
8 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, 1748, 45th Infantry Battalion , Wound to the left hand. Invalided to England on 11 August 1918
30 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1748, 45th Infantry Battalion , Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded

World War 2 Service

10 Dec 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , QX64860 (Q119963), Enlisted at Brisbane with the rank of Sergeant
2 Jun 1948: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , QX64860 (Q119963), Discharged at the 1st Military District with the rank of Sergeant

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Toby Vine and Mary Agnes Vine nee Hoff of Hughenden, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 8 November 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on 29 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 2 June 1923 Ernest married Irene Aberdeen in QLD

Address when enlisting for WW2 was given as Baldwin Street, Bulimba. Brisbane, QLD

Medals WW2: War Medal, Australia  Service Medal. Served in New Guinea and Japan

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