Vincent Patrick CAHILL

CAHILL, Vincent Patrick

Service Number: 1919
Enlisted: 28 January 1915, Enlisted at Colac, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
Born: Rokewood, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling: Rokewood Junction State School, Victoria
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of wounds - abdomen, At sea on board HS Somali, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 July 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, buried at sea Panel 40, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Colac Soldier's Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Rokewood Junction Pictorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

28 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1919, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Colac, Victoria
17 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1919, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 1919, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Anthony and Mary Ann Cahill of Barrool, River Station, Colac, Victoria later of Hill Street, Colac, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal