Cyril Hastings VERLEY

VERLEY, Cyril Hastings

Service Number: 7450
Enlisted: 2 March 1917, Perth, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
Born: Dunreath Castle, Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies, 20 October 1882
Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Blairlodge Public School, Stirling, Scotland
Occupation: Accountant
Died: Killed in Action, France, 10 August 1918, aged 35 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

2 Mar 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7450, 11th Infantry Battalion, Perth, WA
29 Jun 1917: Involvement Private, 7450, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1917: Embarked Private, 7450, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle
10 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7450, 11th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Cyril Hastings VERLEY was born on 20th October, 1882 at Dunreath Castle, Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies

His parents were James Louis Kingston VERLEY & Sarah Henriques STINES

He married Mary Radclyffe ORDONNEAU in the Registry Office, Kensington, UK 1901 - one known daughter Thelma Louise VERLEY  who was born in England in 1904 - Cyril & Mary subsequently divorced

He enlisted in Perth, WA on 2nd March, 1917 and embarked with the 11th Infantry Battalion, 25th Reinforcements from Fremantle, WA on the HMAT Borda on 29th June 1917

Cyril was Killed in Action in France on 10th August, 1918 - no known grave - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial

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