Edwin John VERREN

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Service Number:	2285
Enlisted:	2 October 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 30 October 1890
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Tasmania, Australia, 4 May 1970, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

2 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2285, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2285, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2285, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne
20 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2285, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of William Snell Verren and Helena Verren nee Stubbins of Cromwell Street, Hobart, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 August 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 8 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 10 April 1920 Edwin married Magery Keen in the St. David's Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania.