Robert William VINEY

Badge Number: S18231, Sub Branch: Henley & Grange
S18231

VINEY, Robert William

Service Number: 1435
Enlisted: 25 April 1918
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 36th Heavy Artillery Group
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 26 May 1896
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Civil Servant
Died: Springbank, South Australia, 11 October 1959, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Site expired and surrendered. Commemorated with a plaque in the SA Garden of Remembrance
Memorials: Adelaide Crown Lands Department WW1 Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

25 Apr 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1435, 36th Heavy Artillery Group
17 Jul 1918: Involvement Gunner, 1435, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1918: Embarked Gunner, 1435, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, HMAT Borda, Sydney
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Gunner, 1435
21 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1435, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Robert Viney and Jessie Beatrice Viney nee Cooper of Carrington Street, Adelaide, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 August 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 5 October 1919

Medal: British War Medal

On 7 March 1925 Robert married Lilian Alice Bradley in the Baptist Church, Parkside, SA

Post war he was employed as an architect with his residential address at the time of death was Fulham, SA