Henry Valentine VILLIERS

VILLIERS, Henry Valentine

    Service Number: 353
    Enlisted: 20 October 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 15 February 1879
    Home Town: Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 9 September 1957, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Boronia, Wall C, Niche 290. Cremation service held on 11 September 1957
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    World War 1 Service

    20 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 353, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
    11 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 353, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
    11 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 353, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
    12 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 353, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the3rd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John James Villiers and Margaret Matilda Villiers nee Reynolds of Warrnambool, Victoria.

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 July 1919 aboard HT Oxfordshire disembarking on 13 August 1919

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1919c Henry married Janet May McCully on 15 October 1919 in Richmond, Victoria.

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