Charles Oliver VAINS

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Service Number:	2329
Enlisted:	28 October 1916, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	11th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Mincha, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Driver & Fitter
Died:	Claremont, Western Australia, 1 September 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens, Wall B, Niche 0036
Memorials:	Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Mareeba Mount Molloy Roll of Honor, Mount Molloy War Memorial

28 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2329, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
9 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 2329, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
9 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 2329, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
29 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2329, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Frederick Vains and of Mincha, Victoria

Husband of Alice Olicer Vains of Mount Molloy, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 20 July 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on 28 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal