VAIL, Vincent Tapp
Service Number: | 56618 |
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Enlisted: | 19 April 1918, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Train |
Born: | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 29 May 1898 |
Home Town: | Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Civil Servant |
Died: | Como, Western Australia, 11 November 1986, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Lawn 5B, Sir T. Meagher Gardens, Garden D, Plot 0013. Commemorated with a plaque in the WA Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour, Lower Sandy Bay Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
19 Apr 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 56618, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania | |
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17 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 56618, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
17 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 56618, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
10 Jul 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Train | |
9 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 56618, 5th Divisional Train, Discharged at the 6th Military District. Unit demobilised |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Vail and Cecelia Elizabeth Vail nee Hopkins of Lower Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania formerly of Melbourne, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 22 September 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 12 November 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart
Medal: British War Medal
On 15 April 1926 Vincent married Edna Stellar Kingston in the Holy Trinity Church, Hobart, Tasmania