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VENNING, Charles Herbert
| Service Number: | 2370 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Red Hill, South Australia, 30 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Crystal Brook, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Loxton, South Australia, 13 February 1957, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 21A, Site No: 29 |
| Memorials: | Crystal Brook District WW1 Roll of Honour, Laura RSL Members WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2370, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 29 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2370, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2370, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Botanist, Adelaide | |
| 10 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 2370, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Shrapnel wound to the shoulder and both thighs. | |
| 4 Jan 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2370, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District as wounded | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Trooper, 2370 |
Bert's story
About Venning, Charles Herbert
Bert was fostered by Grace and Isaac Teakle, whom he knew as 'Mater' and 'Pater'. He worked on the Teakle farm after leaving Gulnare school. He was working at Maitland when war broke out, and he and Oliver Watson rode their horses to Pt Pirie to enlist. They went as reinforcements for the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, but Bert was sent home after being wounded at Beersheba in 1916. He was later stationed at Laura as Recruiting Officer. Bert operated a small carrying business at Booleroo Centre until he moved to Adelaide in 1941 and enlisted in the 4th Garrison Battalion. He served at Outer Harbour, Sydney and Cook. After the war he was a warden at the Boys Reformatory (McNally Training Centre) at Magill until he retired through illhealth. At Booleroo Centre, as a member of the School Committee, Bert was treasurer for the Joint Schools Exhibition and Sports Committee for many years, and a member of the RSL. Bert's horse met the train regularly, where his cart was loaded or unloaded. He carried a circus lion and a leopard without turning a hair. but if he was ever asked to pull a bag of horsehair (a common farm by product) he bolted.
Submitted 16 March 2015 by Judith Miller
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Bath Venning and Louisa Venning nee Henry of Red Hill, SA.
Next of kin given as his adoptive mother Grace Teakle of Crystal Brook, SA.
Commenced return to Australia from Suez on 2 September 1916 aboard HT Ascanius disembarking on 30 September 1916
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 29 August 1917 Charles married Letitia Louis Stoodley in the Booleroo Centre Methodist Church, SA
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