Harold VINEN

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Service Number:	1398
Enlisted:	2 November 1914, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia, 27 August 1890
Home Town:	Branxholm, Dorset, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	6 June 1968, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:

2 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1398, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1398, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1398, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
5 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1398, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the elbow and fractured humerous.
8 Nov 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1398, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District due to wounding

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Son of Richard Vinen and Elizabeth Vinen nee Jolly of Branxholm, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 29 July 1915 aboard HT Honorata disembarking on 25 August 1915

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

On 21 September 1917 Harold married Burnice Howell in St Barnabas Church, Scottsdale, Tasmania

Residential address at the time of death was Cascade, Tasmania