William Thomas VERNEY

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Service Number:	7865
Enlisted:	5 May 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ironmoulder
Died:	1975, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

5 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 7865, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 7865, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 7865, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
24 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Transferred for the Tunnelling reinforcements
4 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 7865, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Shrapnel wounds to the face. Invalided to England on 13 April 1918
26 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 7865, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Richard Verney and Janet Verney of Sydney, NSW.

Served his seven years apprenticeship with Gordon Marr & Co. of Sydney, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 7 June 1918 aboard HT Essex

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c William married Nea M. Fisher in Manly, NSW