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VITNELL, Horace Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3932 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 July 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Customs Clerk |
| Died: | Yallourn, Victoria, Australia, 11 March 1934, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Eugowra War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3932, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3932, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3932, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , From 4th Battalion | |
| 19 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3932, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to disarranged knee |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Henry Vitnell of Eugowra Public School, Orange, NSW and Sarah Elizabeth Vitnell of Melrose Calvert Street, Marrickville, NSW.
Brother of Ernest Edward Vitnell who returned to Australia on 4 March 1919 having served with the 17th Battalion and William John Henry Vitnell who returned to Australia on 28 August 1917 having served with the 12th Light Horse Regiment
Commenced return to Australia on 3 August 1917 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 18 September 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal