Alfred VENN

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Service Numbers:	665, 92
Enlisted:	11 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, 1881
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer, Fireman
Died:	Died of wounds, Hooge, Belgium, 14 October 1917
Cemetery:	Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Plot XVI, Row D, Grave No. 18, Hooge Crater Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

11 Aug 1914:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 665, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 665, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, German New Guinea
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 665, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1915:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman Driver, 92, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train
4 Jun 1915:	Embarked Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman Driver, 92, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
14 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 92, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 92 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-14

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