VINE, William Allan
| Service Number: | 30502 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | St. Kilda, Vic., 1897 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Zonnebeke, Belgium, 11 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension III D I |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, St. Kilda East All Saints Anglican Church Mausoleum Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 30502, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 30502, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of William Porter and Katherine Margaret Mackay VINE
WILLIAM ALAN VINE who died of wounds on 11th October 1917 at 3rd Australian General Hospital, France, was the second eldest son of Mr. W. P. Vine of St. Kilda. He was born in 1899 and entered the Preparatory School in 1908, and came up to the Senior School in 1911. He was the champion athlete of the Prep. School in 1910, winning the Cup. He was in the cricket team in 1913 and 1914.
He was a brilliant fieldsman and a good batsman.
He enlisted in June 1916 and left Australia at the end of that year as a member of the 12th Field Artillery Brigade. He was subsequently transferred to the 14th Field Artillery Brigade, and made a Corporal. He was in the Passchendaele fighting, and there received wounds which resulted in his death.
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