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HOWIE, Vinrace Wilton
| Service Number: | 38141 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | McLaren Vale, South Australia, 16 August 1898 |
| Home Town: | Willunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Edwardstown, South Australia, 7 December 1985, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Willunga Cheer Up Society Pictorial Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 38141, Field Artillery Brigades | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 38141, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 38141, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 38141 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Cates
Vince Howies parents were living in Willunga at the time he enlisted, and there are strong family connections with the town. Vinrace was the nephew of Walter James Binney who also served in the war. Vinrace was barely 18 years old when he joined the AIF. At the time he was an unmarried labourer and a Methodist. He was 5'7"(170cm) tall and 126lbs (57Kg), with fair complexion and hair, and hazel eyes.
In 1923 Vinrace married Mary Ellen Jarvis. He died at Edwardstown aged 87 years nad his widow died on 16 May 1998 aged 93.
Excerpt from the book: "A Picture of Fortitude" with approval by The Willunga Recreational Park.
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