SOUTHON, Richard Venner
| Service Number: | 2399 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waratah, New South Wales on the 17th June 1893, 17 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield, Waratah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Woodstock Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, 17 August 1965, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-28A. 88. |
| Memorials: | Mayfield Public School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2399, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2399, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2399, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 30 Jul 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2399, 35th Infantry Battalion, Wounded (GSW right eye, Messines) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
58 years ago today, on the 19th August 1965, Private Richard Venner (Venor) Southon, referred to as Dick, 35th Battalion (Reg No-2399), carpenter from Woodstock Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 72. ANGLICAN 1-28A. 88. Not married.
Born at Waratah, New South Wales on the 17th June 1893 to Thomas Charlton and Eveline (Evelyne, Eva, Emiline, Evelyn) Lilly Southon nee Judge, Dick enlisted on the 4th May 1916 at Waratah, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on the 17th October 1916.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133751156 - report that Dick had arrived safely in England. Note - also mentions Private David Alexander Gillespie, also a carpenter from Turton Road, Waratah, New South Wales, enlisted 26.4.1916, 35th Battalion, Reg No-2319, wounded in action - 8.6.1917 (shell shock, Battle of Messines), RTA 10.8.1919, died 24.9.1966, Wallsend, N.S.W., age 72, not officially commemorated).
Wounded in action - 2.10.1917 (GSW right leg, right eye, mild).
Invalided to England 16.1.1918.
Returned to Australia for discharge, 8.4.1918.
Dick returned home on the 28th May 1918, being discharged medically unfit (GSW right eye) on the 30th July 1918.
Mr. Southon’s name has been inscribed on the Mayfield Public School Honour Roll.
Not officially commemorated.
I have placed poppies at Dick’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Younger brother Cyril Spencer (born 1898, Mayfield, New South Wales, driver and labourer from Woodstock Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, enlisted 9.8.1915, Warwick Farm Depot, B Coy. 8th Battalion, Reg No- N76090, discharged 20.9.1915 (10 days service, medically unfit, rheumatism), reenlisted 12.6.1917, discharged physically unfit, 15.6.1917, also resting at the cemetery. CATHOLIC 2-57. 57.
Many thanks to Denise Porter for the notification and photo of Mr. Southon.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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