VINEY, Horace George
| Service Number: | V159803 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Parkside, SA, 8 June 1885 |
| Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Adelaide High School, Mount Gambier High School |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia , 7 March 1972, aged 86 years |
| Cemetery: |
Privately Cremated |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Goodwood Mostyn Lodge No 18 S.A.C. Roll of Honor, Mount Gambier High School Great War Roll of Honor, Naval Military and Air Force Club of SA Inc WW1 Honour Roll, Parkside Public School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 22 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lieutenant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, London Gazette on 1 January 1917, page 28, position 74 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 June 1917, page 1389, position 79 | |
| 4 Jan 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Three times. London Gazette on 4 January 1917, page 253, position 36 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 June 1917, page 1391, position 51 London Gazette on 28 May 1918, page 6200, position 59 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 October 1918, page 2055, position 75 London Gazette on 11 July 1919, page 8827, position 33 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 October 1919, page 1660, position 43 | |
| 3 Jun 1918: | Honoured Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, London Gazette on 3 June 1918, page 6454, position 14 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 November 1918, page 2110, position 18 | |
| 3 Jun 1919: | Honoured Commander of the Order of the British Empire, London Gazette on 3 June 1919, page 6811, position 6 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 September 1919, page 1370, position 9 | |
| 17 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
World War 2 Service
| 7 Feb 1940: | Enlisted V159803 | |
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| 7 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Melbourne, VIC | |
| 7 Feb 1940: | Involvement V159803 | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged V159803 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graeme Roulstone
Horace George Viney was born at Parkside, Adelaide, on 8 June 1885. He was listed as a pupil teacher from 1901 to 1906 (1), and attended University Training College in 1905 and 1906 (2). He was appointed as assistant teacher in charge of the Mount Gambier Public School Continuation Class (later Mount Gambier High School) in 1907. In 1908 he was transferred to Kadina and then in August 1909 to Moonta, retiring from teaching on 25 September 1909. Following this he increased his involvement with the cadet movement and qualified for appointment to the Administrative and Instructional Staff of the new Australian Military Forces in 1912.
He enlisted in Adelaide on 19 August 1914 (29, soldier, single, Church of England) naming his mother, Mrs Grace Stodden Viney, of Hyde Park, South Australia, as his next of kin. On 20 August 1914 he was appointed Lieutenant and Adjutant to the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, and on 18 October 1914 was promoted to the rank of Captain. He embarked from Adelaide on the ‘Port Lincoln’ on 22 October 1914.
He landed on Gallipoli with the 3rd Light Horse on 9 May 1915, was promoted to the rank of Major on 10 September, and continued to participate in unit actions until falling sick on 11 September. Evacuated on the hospital ship ‘Gascon’, he was hospitalised with gastritis at Malta on 16 September, shipped to Egypt on 25 September, embarked from Alexandria in Egypt on 10 October and re-joined his unit on Gallipoli on 17 October. On 11 December 1915 he was detached for duty with the 2nd Division AIF infantry. After the evacuation of Gallipoli he disembarked at Alexandria on 10 January 1916.
He was posted as Brigade Major of the 5th Brigade on 1 February 1916 and embarked from Alexandria on 17 March 1916, disembarking at Marseilles on the Mediterranean coast of France on 23 March. He received specific mention for his contribution to the effective leadership of his division while holding a portion of the line in the Pozieres sector in September and was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).
He was sent for advanced staff training on 24 December 1916 before re-joining 1st Division Headquarters on 21 February 1917. He served as a staff officer with the 1st Australian Division and later the Australian Corps on the Western Front for the duration of the war and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
He married Darragh O’Neill at Harrow parish church, Middlesex, on 6 June 1918. After the war he left England for return to Australia on 18 July 1919 on the ‘Orsova’, disembarked on 18 September 1919, and was discharged from the AIF on 17 November 1919, having been mentioned in despatches five times, appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) and awarded the French Croix de Guerre.
Reference List
1. Teachers, University of South Australia, ‘Viney, Horace George’, http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/condon/teachers/Teachers.asp?TeacherID=3290
2. Teachers, University of South Australia, ‘Viney, Horace George’, http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/condon/teachers/Teachers.asp?TeacherID=8435
Published in Ours: the origins and early years of Mount Gambier High School and Old Scholars who served in the Great European War by Graeme Roulstone
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was given as Esmond Street, Hyde Park, SA
Son of George Viney and Grace Stodden Viney nee Burnard C/- C.O. Scott of Clare, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 18 July 1919 aboard HT Orsova disembarking on 18 September 1919 at Melbourne
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Croix de Guerre Medal - London Gazette on 17 March 1920, page 3403, position 1
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 10 June 1920, page 830, position 9
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