VINES, Thomas George
| Service Number: | Q45613 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2) |
| Born: | Brisbane, QLD, 5 January 1919 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Nundah State School, Brisbane, QLD |
| Occupation: | Waterside Worker |
| Died: | Chermside, Brisbane, QLD, 26 March 1969, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223464687/thomas-george-vines |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q45613 | |
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| 27 Dec 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q45613, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), embarked Brisbane for Port Moresby per HMAT PA | |
| 29 Jan 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q45613, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), embarked Port Moresby for Brisbane per MV Macdhui | |
| 13 Mar 1942: | Involvement Private, Q45613, FTD 22/6/1941 | |
| 13 Mar 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 13 Mar 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q45613 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Thomas George Vines (Service No:Q45613) enlisted in the ACMF on 24 August 1940. Private Vines embarked for Port Moresby with the Provost Corps on 27 December 1941, then embarked from Port Moresby for Brisbane on 29 January 1942 on board MV Macdhui. Private Vines was Discharged (Medically Unfit) on 13 March 1942.
Born in 1919 in Brisbane QLD, Tom was the fifth of seven children of Thomas (Curly) Henry Vines (b1880 at Vegetable Creek, Emmaville, NSW) and Margaret Agnes Gurowski (b1888 at Caboolture, QLD). Curly (a Labourer) and Margaret married in 1906 in Brisbane, QLD and settled at Nundah where they raised their family and Curly worked as a Labourer.
Tom worked as a Waterside Worker in Brisbane before enlisting in the ACMF, and following his Discharge was in Gympie in 1947 when all his belongings were destroyed in a hotel fire. In 1948 in Brisbane, Tom married Alma (Leslie) Lestrine Hession (nee Genninges; b1907 in Toowoomba, QLD). Tom and Leslie settled at Nundah where Tom was a Waterside Worker before moving to Chermside where Tom worked as a Crane Driver. Tom died in 1969 and Leslie in 1976.
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