Vincent Tapp VAIL

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Service Number:	56618
Enlisted:	19 April 1918, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Divisional Train
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 29 May 1898
Home Town:	Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Civil Servant
Died:	Como, Western Australia, 11 November 1986, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Lawn 5B, Sir T. Meagher Gardens, Garden D, Plot 0013. Commemorated with a plaque in the WA Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour, Lower Sandy Bay Honour Roll

19 Apr 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 56618, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania
17 Jul 1918:	Involvement Private, 56618, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1918:	Embarked Private, 56618, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, HMAT Borda, Sydney
10 Jul 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Train
9 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 56618, 5th Divisional Train, Discharged at the 6th Military District. Unit demobilised

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Son of John Vail and Cecelia Elizabeth Vail nee Hopkins of Lower Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania formerly of Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 September 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 12 November 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medal: British War Medal

On 15 April 1926 Vincent married Edna Stellar Kingston in the Holy Trinity Church, Hobart, Tasmania