Alfred VINEY

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Service Number:	VX51086
Enlisted:	11 March 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Birralee, Tasmania, Australia, 18 January 1919
Home Town:	Mowbray, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 19 August 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC grave reference: Plot R, Row C, Grave 7. Inscription: "His duty nobly done."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Currie King Island Cenotaph, Currie King Island WW2 Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX51086
11 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX51086, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion
28 Jun 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX51086, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
24 Oct 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX51086, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, Served in New Guinea where he was killed in action on 19 August 1943.

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