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VENABLES, Ernest Cecil Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2249 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1916, Enlisted at Queanbeyan, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bolara, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia, 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Adaminaby General Cemetery, Snowy Monaro Regional Council, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Adaminaby War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2249, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Queanbeyan, NSW | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2249, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2249, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 1 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2249, Discharged at the 2nd Military District due to loss of an eye |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Venables and Ellen Venables of Near Railway Station, Queanbeyan, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 29 September 1917
Medal: British War Medal
During 1918c Ernest married Lila Alice Luton in Cooma, NSW