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VENESS, rederick Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2427 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 May 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia , 1894 |
| Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 8 September 1951, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2427, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2427, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2427, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2427, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to nephritis |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick Veness and Ann Veness of 'Raeburn', Rae Street, Randwick, NSW.
Brother of Isaac Edward Veness who returned to Australia having served with the 6th Light Horse Brigade; Uland Wilfred Veness who returned to Australia on 10 August 1919 having served with the 1st Field Company Engineers.
Commenced return to Australia on 2 December 1917 aboard HT Persic disembarking on 14 February 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1925c Frederick married Mary E. Phillipson in Sydney, NSW