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VINCENT, Sydney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4379 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 September 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Bondi Junction , New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Due to war service, Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 22 November 1933 |
| Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Under his full name of Alfred Sydney Vincent. Grave information 21-GE-SP-Grave 645. Interred on 24 November 1933. Grave maybe unmarked |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4379, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4379, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4379, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 1st Battalion | |
| 30 Jul 1916: | Imprisoned Captured at Levantes. Interned in Dulmen, Westphalia, Germany. Repatriated to England arriving on 1 December 1918 | |
| 19 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4379, 54th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Nicholas Vincent and Mary E. Vincent of Oxford Street, Waverley, NSW.
Brother of Herbert Nicholas Vincent who was killed in action between 22 July 1916 and 25 July 1916 and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Commenced return to Australia as invalid on 10 April 1919 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 31 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel by rail to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal