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William Richard VERRAN

Regimental number6488
Place of birthMoonta, South Australia
SchoolMoonta Mines Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmiths striker
Address46 Oroya Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Verran, Moonta Mines PO, Moonta Mines, South Australia
Enlistment date30 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name4th Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 11 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Company Engineers
FateDied of wounds 14 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialBernafay Wood British Cemetery (Row H, Grave No. 67), Montauban, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Catherine VERRAN, East Moonta, Moonta Mines, South Australia

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