VINES  R.A.

Given Names:  Robert Ashley

               

Service Number:  524

Unit:  5th Battalion, F Company                                                                                        

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  23 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Softgoods Salesman                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Congregational

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7 In                     

Weight:  146 Lbs

Chest:  30½-34 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Prahran

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Alice Walters Vines

1 Fenwick Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  21/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Orvieto A3

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Hororata

Embarked:  29/7/1915                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  5th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  7/1/1916                         

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  841

British War Medal:  5057

Victory Medal:  5063

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1892

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Arthur William VINES                  

Mother:  Alice Walters TURNER

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:             

Spouse: Agnes Baird REEVES

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 10/8/1977                          

Place: Canterbury, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 25/4/1915; gun shot wound, left arm (Gallipoli)

Stated to have mental deficiency from shock

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Independent Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary