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
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Date Enlisted:
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COMMENTS