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VENNELL, Clarence Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6409 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Miram, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kaniva, West Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Miram South State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Panel 23 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kaniva Miram South & Yanipy Schools Roll of Honor, Kaniva Shire of Lawloit Great War Roll of Sacrifice, Kaniva Shire of Lawloit WW1 Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6409, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6409, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6409, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Vennell and Ada Elizabeth Vennell nee Pennington of Miriam, Victoria. Brother of John Harold Vennell who was killed in action on 26 August 1916 while serving with the 21st Battalion and has no known grave, his name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal