Alfred John VINEY

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Service Number:	1256
Enlisted:	26 January 1916, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1874
Home Town:	Kitchener, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sinker & Brickmaker
Died:	Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia, 26 June 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Drive Wall M, Niche 149
Memorials:

26 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1256, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1256, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1256, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
4 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1256, 34th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism and shortage of breath

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Son of John Thomas Viney and Harriet Jane Viney of Tamworth, NSW

Husband of Ethel Jane Viney nee Quickenden C/- Mr Jow Myer, Cessnock, NSW. Alfred and Ethel married during 1903 in Bingara, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 17 March 1917 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 12 May 1918

Medals: British War Medal