Reuben VARNEY

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Service Number:	6396
Enlisted:	30 October 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 September 1887
Home Town:	Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 9 December 1973, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

30 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6396, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 6396, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 6396, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6396, 25th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the arm later amputated. Embarked for England on 22 October 1917 aboard HS Pieter de Cornick
25 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6396, 25th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to amputation

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Son of Elijah William Varney and Margaret Elizabeth Varney nee Gibbs of Jubilee Estate, Paddington, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 21 March 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 12 March 1924 Reuben married Ethel May Frith in QLD