Regimental number | 416 |
Place of birth | Toowoomba, Queensland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Yangan via Warwick, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 10.5" |
Weight | 141 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs G Gamack, Yangan, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served in 11th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Toowoomba, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Orderly Room Sergeant |
Unit name | 9th Battalion, Headquarters |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/26/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A5 Omrah on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 49th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Dernancourt Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row H, Grave No 2), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 149 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Ellen Mary Gamack (formerly Verry) and the late Alfred George Verry; husband of Vera M. Verry, of Coorparoo, Queensland. Native of Toowoomba, Queensland |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 2 March 1915. Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915 (gun shot wound, left shoulder); admitted to No 1 General Hospital, Heliopolis, 30 April 1915, and thence to No 2 General Hospital, Ghezireh (no date recorded). Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ballarat', 5 July 1915. Re-embarked Brisbane on board HT Marathon', 27 October 1916, as Lieutenant, 49th Bn, 7th Reinforcement. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, VERRY Reginald Herbert |