Hedley Gordon VENUS

VENUS, Hedley Gordon

Service Number: 4618
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
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World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4618, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
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

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Biography 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