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VARNEY, Foster Nepean
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2514 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1917, Enlisted at Sale, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | Australian Corps Headquarters |
| Born: | Lindenow, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Mentone, Victoria, Australia, 10 April 1976, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2514, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sale, Victoria | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 2514, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 2514, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 14 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, Australian Corps Headquarters, From 13th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 30 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2514, Australian Corps Headquarters, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Foster Nepean Varney and Ellen Jane Varney nee Campbell of Bairnsdale, Victoria. Foster briefly served in WW1 but was discharged after a couple of months as medically unfit.
Commenced return to Australia on 18 July 1919 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 7 September 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1925c Foster married Catherine Paula Bourke in Victoria