Charles Leonard VINEY

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Service Number:	2403
Enlisted:	22 September 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nile, Tasmania, Australia, 10 May 1895
Home Town:	Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Spreyton,Tasmania, Australia, 14 April 1973, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mersey Vale Memorial Park Cemetery, Tasmania L1, Q, 23
Memorials:	Deloraine War Memorial, Kimberley Honour Roll

22 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2403, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2403, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2403, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne
15 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion, From 40th Battalion.
11 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2403, 12th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the chest. Transferred to England on 14 August 1918
9 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2403, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Adye Alvert Victor Viney and Jessie Helen Robotham of Moltema, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 20 November 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 5 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medals: Britiish War Medal, Victory Medal

Post war Charles was an orchardist in Spreyton, Tasmania

On 24 February 1920 Charles married Annie Elizabeh Hills in Ulverstone, Tasmania