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TYMMS, Edward Frederick Victor

Date of birth: 
1889
Biographical notes: 

Edward Frederick Victor Tymms was born in Melbourne in 1889. He was the son of Albert Edward (known as Edward) Tymms and Agnes Elizabeth Ohlenrott.  Edward Snr was a pastry cook, confectioner and caterer and he shared premises at the top end of Bourke Street with his brother-in-law, James Ohlenrott, who was in the same business.

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UNVERHAU, Hugo James

Date of birth: 
1897
Biographical notes: 

 Hugo James Unverhau was born in Auburn in 1897 to Joseph Hugo Unverhau and Catherine (nee Connolly). James was of German descent, his grandfather immigrating to the Western district of Victoria in the 1840's. James met and married his wife Catherine in Geelong in 1885.

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VANDERZEE, Alexander Robert

Date of birth: 
1894
Biographical notes: 

Robert was born in 1894, the son of George Alexander Albert Vanderzee (aka George Alexander), livery stable proprietor,  and wife, Annie, hotel licencee.  On his enlistment papers Robert states that he was born in East Melbourne.  A search of the Sands & McDougall Post Office directories for the period shows that the family then lived at 111 [now 490] Victoria Parade.

4th Mob Vet Sect,11 Mar 1918. Vanderzee in middle row, third from left
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VAWDON, Harold Frederick

Biographical notes: 

Harold Frederick Vawdon was 23 when he enlisted. He was a Commercial Traveller; so perhaps was his father, who wrote several times enquiring after him from various addresses, one a hotel in Ballarat (in fact, Electoral Rolls confirm this occupation).

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VINCENT, Robert Collier

Date of birth: 
1892
Biographical notes: 

ROBERT COLLIER VINCENT  #19064 

Robert Collier Vincent born on Xmas Day 25th December 1892 (dates do not align) enlisted in the AIF on the 12th March 1917 in Melbourne.  Robert was aged 23 years and 2 months and being 6' tall and weighing 136 lbs with a fair complexion and hair and blue eyes.  Robert's religion was Congregationalist.

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VINEN, Peter Henry

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VINES, Thomas

Date of birth: 
1891
Biographical notes: 

Thomas Nicholls Vines was born in Hamilton, Victoria on 15 September 1891.  He was the son of Thomas Vines and his wife, Christina McDougall.

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VINES, Thomas

Date of birth: 
1868
Biographical notes: 

Thomas Vines was born in Geelong on 29 December 1868.  His father was Joshua Vines who, according to a brief obituary was 'a member of the old coaching firm of Vines and McPhee, who ran many coaches in the Ballarat, Wimmera and Western disricts under the style of Cobb and Co., in the early days.'

Thomas Vines, coach driver c.1890
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VIRGOE, Percy Ernest

Date of birth: 
1884
Biographical notes: 

Percy Ernest Virgoe was the son of William Richard Neil Virgoe (d.1902) and his wife, Harriette Mary nee McCulloch.  William, Percy's father, was the owner of Mathoura Station, N.S.W. and had a keen interest in horse racing, especially steeple-chasing.  However Percy was born in 1884 in East Melbourne.

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