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VERRAN, Edwin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6419 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 October 1916, Enlisted at Charters Towers, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 11 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 September 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Panel 23 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6419, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Charters Towers, QLD | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 6419, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 6419, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Henry Verran and Emma Jane Verran nee Russell of Philipson Road, Charters Towers, QLD.
Brother of William John Russell wh return to Australia on 19 July 1919 having served with the 45th Battalion
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal