Cyril Gordon VINEY

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Service Number:	TX5169
Enlisted:	12 February 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
Born:	Burnie, Tasmania, Australia,, 7 February 1921
Home Town:	Penguin, Central Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer (Farm)
Died:	Injuries, New Guinea, 25 November 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 7. Row A. Grave 5. Inscription: "FOR LOVE OF HIS FELLOW MEN".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, TX5169
12 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX5169
25 Nov 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots, Posted to 7th Division Salvage Unit, died from injuries received, when struck by a package during air supply drop.

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