VINE, Richard Vivian Bingham
| Service Number: | 5230 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 November 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glen Wills, Victoria, 12 February 1897 |
| Home Town: | Ouyen, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ouyen State School & Melbourne High School |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 15 October 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Ouyen War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 5230, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5230, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 15 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5230, 57th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5230 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-15 |
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Richard Vivian Bingham VINE was born in 1897 in Glen Wills, Victoria
His parents were Richard VINE and Catherine Smith BINGHAM
He enlisted on 4th November, 1915 with the Australian Army - he was with the 5th Battalion, 16th reinforcements - Unit embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Suffolk on 1st April, 1916
Richard was Killed in Action on 15th October, 1917 at Broodseinde, Passchendaele, Belgium - No known grave - he is honoured on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and the Australian War Memorial
He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
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Argus, Melbourne 21st October, 1918
VINE.- In loving memory of our dear loving Son and Brother, Richard Vivian B. Vine, 5th Australian Divisional Observer, 57th Battalion, who died of wounds near Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, October 15, 1917 , Sadly missed.
"We will dry our tears and bravely think of how lifes bright crown
for his God, his King and Country
Had his brave young life laid down
That he lived - still lives and loves us
In the life that never ends
With his Christ, who loving greatly
Laid his life down for his friends"
Inserted by his loving parents, sister & brothers.
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