John VINCENT

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Service Number:	309
Enlisted:	14 July 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1896
Home Town:	Gatton, Lockyer Valley, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Steward
Memorials:

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 309, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 309, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 309, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
1 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 309, 31st Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the face and neck fracturing his jaw. Embarked hospital ship at Havre for England on 12 November 1916
20 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 309, 31st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to severe wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Queensland Agricultural College, Gatton, QLD.

Son of Catherine Vincent of Park Street, Folkestone, Kent, England

Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1917 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 3 January 1918 at Sydney

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

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