Edward James (Jim) VERNEY

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Service Number:	4197
Enlisted:	29 January 1917, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 6 September 1870
Home Town:	Cooks Hill, Newcastle West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 30 November 1934, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Section M2, Row Q, Grave 891. No headstone
Memorials:

29 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4197, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
16 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 4197, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 4197, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
13 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4197, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to senility

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Son of Thomas Verney and Ann Verney nee English of Sydney, NSW.

Half brother to Walter Charles Verney who returned to Australia on 2 September 1919 having served with the 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Group

Husband of Beatrice Mary Verney nee Slenderson of Queen Street, Cook's Hill, Newcastle, NSW. Edward and Beatrice married during 1908c in Sydney, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1917 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 3 January 1918 at Melbourne then overland to Sydney.

Medal: British War Medal