POLIN, Vincent Sydney
| Service Number: | 2370 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 May 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coonamble, NSW, 2 November 1882 |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Riverview College Sydney |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Sydney, NSW, 22 May 1955, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2370, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2370, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2370, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
VINCENT SYDNEY POLIN was born on 2nd November, 1882, at Coonamble, New South Wales, the son of Mr. Peter Aloysius Polin and Mrs. Elizabeth Polin. He was educated at Riverview College, Sydney, and entered the Bank’s service at Coonamble on 27th November, 1902. His subsequent appointments were as follows:—Dubbo, June, 1904, where in January, 1907, he was appointed ledger-keeper; Head Office, in May, 1910; Coolamon (as teller) in July, 1911; and Lockhart, in August, 1913.
Vincent Polin enlisted in the A.I.F., and sailed by the “Orsova” on 14th July, 1915, with the 7th Reinforcements of the 3rd Battalion. He was promoted to quartermaster-sergeant, and later on to lieutenant.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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