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GRAVES, Vincent Henry
| Service Number: | 1383 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Aldgate Honour Board, Aldgate War Memorial, Ceduna Murat Bay and District WW1 Honor Roll, Scott's Creek and Longwood Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1383, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1383, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 1383 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1383, 9th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Heathfield High School
Vincent Henry Graves born in 1891 enlisted in the Australian Army at 24. He was raised as a Roman Catholic and he spent his childhood in Longwood Mt Lofty, South Australia, alongside his mother, Sarah Graves. Before his military service Vincent worked as a labourer.
He was 5 Foot 8, he weighed 152bs. His skin tone was tan, while he had brown eyes and brown hair. The Certificate of Medical Examination claimed that Mr Graves had healthy lungs, heart, and eyes were all in perfect condition, and had the free use of his joints and limbs. Adelaide was the place of his embarkment, and the ship he embarked on was HMAT Benalla A24. He left Australia 27th October 1915. He disembarked in Egypt and was taken on strength with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Feburary 1916. He served in the Middle East.
After the war ended Mrs Sarah Grave (Vincent’s mother) received a letter claiming that Vincent had been absent without leave. He was reported missing in January 1919 and declared an illegal absentee. A court of enquiry held at Moascar on 9th February declared he had absented himself and was still absent. He was arrested in Alexandria at 11:30 on 15/02/19. He was found guilty and forfeited 99 days pay. He went AWL again 3 days in March and was fined 5 days pay.
He was repatriated back to Australia arrving in August 1919. He was formally discharged 17/11/1919.
References
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- The United States World War One Centennial Commission (2017). Diseases in World War I - World War I Centennial. [online] Worldwar1centennial.org. Available at: https:// www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/diseases-in-world-war-i.html.
- corporateName =Department of Veterans’ Affairs; address=21 Genge St, C.C. (n.d.). Transport of Australians to war zones in World War I | Anzac Portal. [online] anzacportal.dva.gov.au. Available at: https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/ww1/military-organisation/transport.
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