Cyril VARCOE

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Service Numbers:	817, VX37736
Enlisted:	30 November 1914, Enlisted at South Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 1
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born:	Otago, New Zealand , 6 March 1901
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer [WW1]; Linesman [WW2]
Died:	Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia, 9 January 1971, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Apollo Bay Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Apollo Bay & District Honour Roll WW2, Birregurra Lodge No 246 WWII Honour Roll, Lorne Fire Brigade WW2 Roll of Honor

30 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 817, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at South Melbourne, Victoria
3 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 817, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Katuna, Melbourne
3 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 817, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Katuna embarkation_ship_number: A13 public_note: ''
23 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
4 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 817, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

22 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 1, VX37736

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Son of Richard Varcoe and Susan Sarah Varcoe of Cromwell, NZ.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 aboard HT Dongola disembarking on 25 August 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Cyril married Myrtle Gladys Sellar Perkins in Victoria. Father of Cyril Aubrey Varcoe who served with the Australian Army during WW2

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