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VENUS, Hedley Gordon
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4618 |
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Enlisted: | 16 August 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 20 January 1885 |
Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Launceston State School, Tasmania |
Occupation: | Cabinetmaker |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 June 1916, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot 1, Row J, Grave 42. Headstone inscriptions reads: Lead kindly light greater love hath no man than this |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4618, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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8 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4618, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
8 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4618, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert Venus and Elizabeth Venus nee Green of Launceston, Tasmania
Husband of Eleanor Edith Venus nee Hawson of Main Road, Newtown, Tasmania. On 17 May 1913 Hedley married Eleanor in Argyle Street, Hobart, Tasmania.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal