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VINNICOMBE, Herbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 85 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 November 1914, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Sillingborne, Kent, England, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 26 September 1967, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12 Section 22 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 85, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW | |
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| 19 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 85, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 85, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ajana, Sydney | |
| 3 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Anzac Police, From 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 9 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Light Horse Regiment, From ANZAC Police | |
| 9 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, IN England | |
| 11 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 85, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Thomas VINNICOMBE and Lizzie Frances nee HURST
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Jessie Matties Vinnicombe nee Barclay of Norval Street, Patrick, Glasgow, Scotland. Herbert and Jessie married on 22 January 1816 in Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Reading, England. Vicar R. Wickham Legg officiated.
Returned to Australia on 11 July 1919 aboard HT Devanha
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
In 1967 he was residing in the Repatriation Hospital, Greenstripes, Brisbane, QLD
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