Frank VINEY

VINEY, Frank

Service Number: 1561
Enlisted: 18 August 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Railton, Tasmania, Australia, 2 November 1895
Home Town: Lilydale, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Bunyip, Victoria, Australia, 2 December 1978, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Bunyip Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1561, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
28 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 1561, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
28 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 1561, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Melbourne
11 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 3rd Light Horse Regiment
23 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
4 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1561, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Henry Viney and Kezia Mary Robotham of Lilydale, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Armagh disembarking on 18 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal

On 3 November 1920 Frank married Alice Ada Stephens at the residence eride's parents, Scottsdale, Tasmania