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Henry Clarence VENESS

Regimental number1065
Place of birthManilla, New South Wales
SchoolManilla Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTelephonist
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Veness, Namoi Street, Manilla, New South Wales
Enlistment date2 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Divisional Signal Company
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEmbarked Oct 1914 with 1st Aust Contingent served throughout Gallipoli Campaign and for over two years on the Western Front.
FateDied of wounds 2 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XII, Row C, Grave No. 6), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Stephen William and Adelaide VENESS, Namoi Street, Manilla, New South Wales

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