Ernest Leo VINCENT

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Service Number:	6603
Enlisted:	7 September 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sandfly, Tasmania, Australia, 19 August 1898
Home Town:	Sandfly, Kingborough, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Tasmania, Australia, August 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Sandfly Longley Ward Roll of Honour

7 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6603, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6603, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6603, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
16 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6603, 12th Infantry Battalion
11 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6603, 12th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion.
19 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6603, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Son of David Vincent and Margaret Vincent nee Wells of Sandfly, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 16 June 1919 aboard HT Ormonde disembarking on 1 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal