Douglas Daniel VINEY

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Service Number:	8272
Enlisted:	13 September 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Fern Hill, Nile, Tasmania, Australia, 27 April 1897
Home Town:	Nile, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Launceston Grammar School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 November 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Originally buried. Search failed to relocate his grave
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale Municipality Roll of Honour, Evandale War Memorial, Launceston Church Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Nile War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

13 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8272, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
24 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 8272, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: ''
24 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 8272, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Botanist, Melbourne
29 Nov 1916:	Involvement Bombardier, 8272, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 8272 awm_unit: 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1916-11-29

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Son of Daniel Viney and Rasmussine Marie VIiney nee Jensen of Fern Hill, Nile, Tasmania.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal