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VERRY, Alfred George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 31045 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1916, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 21 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Yangan, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 6 July 1975, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Warwick War Memorial Gates, Yangan and Swanfels WW1 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 31045, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD | |
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| 19 Dec 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 31045, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 31045, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, From 13th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, From 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 24 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 31045, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Gassed | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 31045, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Wound to the right leg. Invalided to England on 6 October 1918. | |
| 1 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 31045, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred George Verry and Ellen Mary Gamack formerly Verry nee Comerford of Yangan, QLD.
Brother of Reginald Herbert Verry who was killed in action on 5 April 1918 while serving with the 49th Battalion and is buried in the Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Plot V1, Row H, Grave 2.
Commenced return to Australia on 1 April 1919 aboard HT Shropshire as an invalid disembarking on 16 May 1919 at Melbourne. On 17 May 1919 he embark HT Dongala for Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 30 April 1921 Alfred married Jessie Evelyn Mary Cherry in QLD.
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