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Paul VERNE Update Details

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Service Number:	5468
Enlisted:	4 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tinsmith
Died:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

4 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5468, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5468, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5468, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
29 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From 4th Battalion
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5468, 56th Infantry Battalion, Multiple shell wounds.
5 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5468, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Son of Paul Verne and Margaret Verne of Carrington Road, Waverley, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1918 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 1 June 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal