Samuel James VERRIER

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Service Number:	2744
Enlisted:	26 April 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 3 October 1889
Home Town:	Kelmscott, Armadale, Western Australia
Schooling:	Perth Boys School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Engine Cleaner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 April 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kelmscott War Memorial, Roleystone Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

26 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2744, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA
10 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2744, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
10 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2744, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle

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Son of Jesse Verrier and Alice Verrier nee Brown of Kelmscott, WA later of 'The Falls' Karragullen, WA & Roy Street, Perth, WA.

Brother of Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier who returned to Australia on 5 May 1917 having served with the 11th Battalion

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal