George William VINGE

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Service Number:	2744
Enlisted:	9 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goorambat, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Albury, New South Wales , Australia , 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

9 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2744, 1st Divisional Train, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement Driver, 2744, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Newcastle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked Driver, 2744, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Berrima, Newcastle
4 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 1st Divisional Train
19 Jan 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2744, 47th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Albert Vinge and Dorothy Vinge nee Wilson of Wangaratta, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 17 October 1916 aboard HT Ajana disembarking on 8 December 1916

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Post war he was a member of the Albury RSL.

During 1925c George married Margaret Elsie McLellan in Victoria.