John Courtney VIRET

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Service Number:	3465
Enlisted:	28 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Barnet, Middlesex, England, 1881
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 17 October 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Memorials:	Woy Woy War Memorial

28 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3465, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3465, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3465, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
26 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From 2nd Battalion
9 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, From 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
23 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3465, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Edward Sidney Viret of Barnet, Middlesex, England.

Next of in given as a friend F. J. Ludowvici of York Street, Sydney, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 1 July 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal