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WAINE VICTOR JOSEPH
7930/1950
JOHN CHARLES
MEDORA LUCY MARGARET
NORTH SYDNEY
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : Tuesday 18 April 1950)
DEATH
WAINE, Victor Joseph.-April 17 1950, at a private hospital. North Sydney, second son of the late Major and Mrs. J. C. Waine, of Randwick, and brother of A. H. C. Waine. deceased, C. Scott Waine. of Warrawee. Dr J. G. Waine of Narrandera, and Medora Waine, of Elizabeth Bay.

Major in the 19th Infantry Battalion during WW1, joined up in 1915 and discharged in 1919. Prisoner of War in Germany 1917. At some point attached to the British Army. Suffered from Dysentery in 1915/1916. Mentioned in Dispatches by Field Marshall Douglas Haig.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : Friday 21 May 1915)
There was an interesting gathering in the Civic Club, when the members met to bid farewell and God's-speed to Lieut. Victor Joseph Waine, second son of Major J. C. Waine, of Randwick, president and chairman of directors of the club, of which Lieut. Waine is a member. Lieut. Waine started his military career with the Sydney University Scouts as a private, and worked his way up till he is going to the front with the 10th Battalion as a lieutenant. He is a Bachelor of Engineering and a M.I.C.E., and for some years was secretary of the Licensed Surveyors' Association. He was subsequently appointed surveyor in FIJI for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, but threw up the billet on the outbreak of war to place his military services at the disposal of Australia. On behalf of his fellow-club members he was asked to accept a Colt's automatic pistol.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : Monday 3 July 1916)
WAR CASUALTIES.
LIEUT. J. WAINE.
Major J. C. Waine, of Randwick, has received a cable message from his son, Lieut. Jack Waine. R A.M.C., stating that after his experiences with the relief column at Kut he was received Into the Rasoltin Hospital, Alexandria, on June 9, suffering from jaundice. He had been in charge of wounded Indian soldiers, and after delivering them at Karachi he proceeded to Aden, where he went down ill. A later cable stated that he is now in London, having recovered from his illness.

PRISONERS OF WAR
MAJOR V. J. WAINE.
Major J. C. Waine, of Randwick, has received a private cable, May 1917, stating that his son, Major Victor J. Waine, has been wounded and taken prisoner by the enemy.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : Saturday 1 February 1930)
SURVEYORS' PRESIDENT.
Mr V J Waine BE FIS who has been elected president of the Institution of Survevors NSW (Incorporated) in succession to Mr W A Chadwick is a member of the staff of the Engineer's Department. Municipal Council of Sydney.
Mr Waine was educated at the Sydney Grammar School after which he entered the University of Sydney. He graduated with the decree of Bachelor of Engineering in 1906 and passed the Licensed Survevors Examination In 1912 In January, 1913 he was elected a member of the Institution of Survevors NSW and he became a Fellow of the Institution In 1923 Mr Warne occupied the position of honorary secretary of the institution in 1914 and again from 1920 to November 1925 He has been a vice president since 1925 Early in 1915 he enlisted and left Australia as a 2nd lieutenant returning in 1919 with the rank of major.

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