Henry Ernest VEARS

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Service Number:	3636
Enlisted:	24 August 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tramway Employee
Died:	War Service related illness, Military Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 14 July 1935
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW South West Terrace, Wall 116. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Newtown Superior Public School Great War Memorial

24 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3636, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3636, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3636, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
1 Feb 1921:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3636, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to phthisis

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Son of Edgar Joseph Vears and Eva Jane Vears of Newtown, NSW.

Husband of Mabel Lilian Vears of Dickson Street, Newtown, NSW. Henry and Mabel married during 1913c in Newtown, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 April 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 7 June 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal