Hector Edward VARNEY

VARNEY, Hector Edward

    Service Number: 1603
    Enlisted: 16 September 1914, Enlisted at Foster, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Foster, Victoria, Australia, 1886
    Home Town: Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Saddler
    Died: Pneumonia. & epilepsy, Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 20 May 1943
    Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
    Garden of Remembrance 1, Section 20, Niche 0P. Interred on 21 May 1943
    Memorials: Foster Christ Church Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1603, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Foster, Victoria
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    3 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 13th Battalion
    24 Jan 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1603, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Varney and Fanny Varney nee Park of Lock Street, Coburg, Victoria. Brother of Edgar Varney who returned to Australia on 15 October 1919 having served with the 28th Battalion.

    Commenced return to Australia on 24 September 1918 at Toaranto, Italy aboard HT Kaiser-a-Hind disembarking on 23 November 1918

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1924c Hector married Alice Ella Murphy in Victoria

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