 1887 - 1922 (34 years)
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| Name |
Sydney John Vine |
| Title |
Sergeant |
| Suffix |
MM |
| Birth |
7 Nov 1887 |
Upper Brook, Kings Somborne, Hampshire, England  |
| Christening |
1 Apr 1888 |
Kings Somborne, Hampshire, England |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
8 Jul 1922 |
Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Burial |
11 Jul 1922 |
Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Notes |
- Fourth son of Harry and Annie Hannah (nee Crumpler) Vine. His mother registered the birth at Stockbridge on 15 Nov 1887, giving his father's occupation as thatcher (Bob Vine). Telegraph messenger in 1901; in 1911 a groom at Weddington Hall, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, in the household of Henry Cunliffe Shawe, whose son Captain Charles Shawe of the Rifle Brigade he later served as manservant and chauffeur.
He sailed with Captain Shawe from Southampton on the Oceanic on 13 Nov 1912 and reached Auckland on the RMS Makura on 17 Dec 1912. At Government House, Wellington, Shawe was Military Secretary to the Governor, Lord Liverpool.
He enlisted in the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 14 Aug 1914 (service number 15/92), a fortnight after his son was born in England, and was one of the first ANZACs: Egypt, Gallipoli (evacuated sick with dysentery, 15 Aug 1915), Malta, England, then the Western Front. He was awarded the Military Medal. He married Winifride Annie Edwards on 28 Sep 1915 at West Dean near Chichester while convalescing in England.
He died of pneumonia at Wellington Hospital on 8 Jul 1922, aged 34; his service record says "Death due to war service". His grandson Bob Vine believes the gas on the Western Front was the underlying cause. Buried at Karori Cemetery, Wellington (105 G CH ENG2).
Service record: http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18658642
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| Person ID |
I602074795 |
Walsh - Wilson Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Oct 2026 |
| Father |
Harry Vine, b. 1855, Wimborne, Dorset, England d. 26 Feb 1931, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England (Age 76 years) |
| Mother |
Annie Hannah Crumpler, b. 12 Mar 1851, Ibsley, Hampshire, England d. 27 Oct 1924, 2 Upper Shoreham Road, Kingston by Sea, Shoreham by Sea, UK (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage |
13 Sep 1871 |
Christ's Church, Christchurch, Hampshire, England |
| Notes |
- Twelve children, five sons and seven daughters (Bob Vine). Marriage witnesses: Edith Ellen Crumpler and Samuel Vine.
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| Family ID |
F601969417 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Winifride Annie Edwards, b. 9 Nov 1894, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England [3] |
| Marriage |
28 Sep 1915 |
West Dean, Sussex, England |
| Children |
| | 1. William John (Jack) Vine, b. 29 Jul 1914, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England d. 21 May 1980, Cambridge (Age 65 years) |
| | 2. Sydney Charles Vine, b. 24 Apr 1917, Chichester, Sussex, England d. Dec 1918, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, England (Age 1 year) |
| | 3. Thomas Alfred Noel Vine, b. 18 Dec 1918, Odiham, Hampshire, England d. 29 Mar 1993, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 74 years) |
| | 4. Patricia Drayson Vine, b. 2 Apr 1920, Wellington, New Zealand d. 7 Mar 2007, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 86 years) |
| | 5. Geoffrey William Vine, b. 18 Oct 1921 d. 7 May 1966 (Age 44 years) |
| | 6. Eileen Winifride Vine, b. 6 Feb 1923, Wellington, New Zealand d. 25 Mar 1990, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 67 years) |
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| Family ID |
F601969419 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Oct 2026 |
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| Sources |
- [S5215] Bob Vine, Bob Vine family tree, (http://genealogy.bobvine.nz/), Sergeant Sydney John Vine MM, I00003, Bob told Craig on 30 Oct 2026 that genealogy.bobvine.nz is retiring; the pages used for the Vine family were saved on 30 Oct 2026.
- [S90919] Bob Vine, Bob Vine, ANZAC story blog posts, (https://bobvinenz.com/2014/04/02/an-anzac-story-sgt-sydney-john-vine-mm/ and https://bobvinenz.com/2015/04/18/a-post-for-my-grandfather-sgt-sydney-john-vine-mm-1592-1nzef/), both posts, Blog posts by Sydney's grandson, 2014 and 2015, drawing on his NZEF service record, census, shipping lists and Evening Post reports.
- [S5215] Bob Vine, Bob Vine family tree, (http://genealogy.bobvine.nz/), Family F00003; officiating vicar Algernon Lucey, Bob told Craig on 30 Oct 2026 that genealogy.bobvine.nz is retiring; the pages used for the Vine family were saved on 30 Oct 2026.
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