Cyril Anthony VENUS

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Service Numbers:	1848, 1848A
Enlisted:	13 August 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Steward
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 30 July 1980, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wagga Wagga Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium Under the name of Stokes
Memorials:

13 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1848, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
17 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 1848, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
17 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 1848, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
6 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion , From 30th Battalion. Letter A added when taken on strength now 1848A
9 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1848A, 45th Infantry Battalion , Shell shock
27 Jun 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1848A, 45th Infantry Battalion , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to neurasthenia

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Son of Shara Smith formerly Venus of Flinders Street, Darlinghurst, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 17 March 1917 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 15 May 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923c Cyril married Mary Gwendoline Heywood in Victoria