Clarence Thomas VINEY

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Service Number:	5782
Enlisted:	14 March 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Exton, Tasmania, Australia, 2 August 1881
Home Town:	Westbury, Meander Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Tasmania, Australia, 10 December 1957, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hagley Methodist-Uniting Cemetery, Tasmania
Memorials:

14 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5782, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
23 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion, From 12th Battalion
8 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5782, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
8 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5782, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Hobart
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5782, 40th Infantry Battalion, Gasssed
4 Aug 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5782, 40th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the arm
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5782, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Serious wound to the right thigh. Invalided to England on 21 October
29 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5782, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as wounded

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Son of Thomas Viney and Sarah Thomas Viney nee Marshall of Westbury, Tasmania.

Next of kin given as his sister Emma Vinery of Hagley, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 July 1918 aboard HT Boonah disembarking on 20 September 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Frances Greta Viney