Frederick James VENN

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Service Number:	4898
Enlisted:	14 February 1917, Enlisted at Langwarrin, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1874
Home Town:	Richmond Plains, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, October 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England area, Compartment P, Section 9, Grave 45. Interred on 25 October 1957
Memorials:

14 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4898, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Langwarrin, Victoria
21 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 4898, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 4898, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne
1 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 29th Battalion
16 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4898, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of James Venn and Annie Venn nee Stanley of Kangaroo Flat, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his brother Thomas of Varden Street, Kalgoorlie, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 May 1919 aboard HT Kaiser-i-Hind disembarking on 16 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal