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VINEY, Ernest George

Service Number:	2259
Enlisted:	2 May 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide. SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Edwardstown, South Australia, 7 June 1893
Home Town:	Loxton (SA), Loxton Waikerie, South Australia
Schooling:	Edwardstown Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Loxton Pyap West Great War Honour Roll, Loxton Soldiers Memorial Rotunda, Loxton and District Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2259, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide. SA
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2259, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
12 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2259, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Viney and Sarah Viney nee Weise of Loxton, SA.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal