Sydney VERRALL

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Service Number:	347
Enlisted:	26 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ilford, Essex, England, 1890
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Memorials:

26 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 347, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 347, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 347, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
26 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 347, 17th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to both legs. Embarked for England on 4 August 1916 aboard HS Marama
11 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, 347, 17th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wounds to the face. Embarked for England on 15 July 1918
6 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 347, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Ernest Verrall of Courtland Avenue, Ilford, London, England

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 22 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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