James Blake VENUS

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Service Number:	6388
Enlisted:	30 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Plaistow, London, England, 1887
Home Town:	Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 4 January 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Anglican area, Zone C, Section 7, Grave 3274-3275
Memorials:

30 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6388, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6388, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6388, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
23 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6388, 19th Infantry Battalion
13 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6388, 19th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District is medically unfit due to pleurisy

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Son of Willim Robert Venus of Chalk Road, Beeton Road, Plaistow, London East, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 April 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 8 June 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1950c James married Jane Taylor