MARSHALL, Vere Claude
| Service Number: | 1145 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 April 1915, An original member of D Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Macquarie Plains, Tasmania, Australia , 8 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | New Norfolk, Derwent Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Died of Wounds received in action at Gallipoli, Died on Hospital Ship Aquitania, 27 September 1915, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England CE 1727 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1145, 26th Infantry Battalion, An original member of D Company | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1145, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1145, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date - 26th September.......Vere Claude Marshall was born at Macquarie Plains, Tasmania in 1896.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 22nd April, 1915 as a 19 year old Shop Assistant.
Private Vere Claude Marshall, Service number 1145, embarked from Brisbane, Queensland on 29th June, 1915 with his older brother Private John Herbert Marshall - both with 26th Battalion.
The 26th Battalion, after training in Egypt, landed at Gallipoli on 12 September.
Private Vere Claude Marshall was severely wounded at Anzac on 14th September, 1915. He was transferred to Hospital Ship Aquitania the same day with bullet wounds to Spinal column.
Sadly he died on the Hospital Ship on 26th September, 1915.
Private Vere Claude Marshall was buried in Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England where 49 other Australian WW1 Soldiers are buried.
[Private Vere Claude Marshall's older brother Private John Herbert Marshall was killed in action on 5th August, 1916. He is remembered on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. A younger brother - Private Percy Charles Marshall was awarded the Military Medal & was returned to Australia on 31st March, 1919.]
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/k---w.html
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