Farquhar Aberdeen VINDIN

VINDIN, Farquhar Aberdeen

    Service Number: 32015
    Enlisted: 4 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Traveller
    Died: North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 February 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 32015, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    10 Feb 1917: Involvement Gunner, 32015, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    10 Feb 1917: Embarked Gunner, 32015, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Orontes, Sydney
    24 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, From 5th Field Artillery Brigade
    17 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , From 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
    2 Nov 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 32015, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed
    22 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 32015, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to effort syndrome

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Joseph Thomas Vindin and Sarah Vindin of Ridge Street, North Sydney, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 1 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1923c Farquhar married Victoria M. Maslin in the Mosman area, NSW

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