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PENLY, William Charles Meredith
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 928, Officer, N318152 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 7th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 1 February 1889 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1958, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Cremorne St Peter's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Sergeant, 928, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 928, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 928, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 27 Apr 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements | |
| 19 Jun 1918: | Involvement 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Field Marshal embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jun 1918: | Embarked 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Field Marshal, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Mar 1942: | Involvement Sergeant, N318152, 7th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 27 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, N318152 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Captain W. C. M. Penly,
Went away in the Berrima in 1914 to Rabaul and stayed nine months, and has now gone away with Carmichacl's Second Thousand as lieutenant.
William Charles Meredith Penly, Clerk, with effect from close of business on 1st June, 1950.
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