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William Ford VINE

Regimental number2042
Place of birthTallangatta, Victoria
SchoolTallangatta State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPlasterer
Address8 Fashoda Street, Hawthorn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, S Vine, 8 Fashoda Street, Hawthorn, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Commonwealth Military Forces (Senior Cadets and Citizen Forces).
Enlistment date16 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1778
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death21.8
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall) (Plot VI, Row G, Grave No. 13), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Stephen and Catherine VINE, 5 Robb Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria

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