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VENESS, Alfred Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 136 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | North Fitzroy, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cellarman |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1964, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warringal Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 136, 10th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 136, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 136, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 30 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, From 10th Machine Gun Company | |
| 27 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 136, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred Thomas Veness and Mary Theresa Veness ne McKnight of Echuca, Victoria
Husband of Elizabeth Winifred Veness nee Maxwell of Rae Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria. Alfred and Elizabeth married during 1901c in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 30 April 1919 aboard HT Karagola disembarking on 12 June 1919
Awarded Belgain Croix de Guerre while with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion. London Gazette on 12 July 1918, page 819, position 22. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 November 1918, page 2262, position 146
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal