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VERRAN, William Richard

Personal Details

Service Number:	6488
Enlisted:	30 December 1915
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	4th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Moonta, South Australia, 28 July 1888
Home Town:	Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia
Schooling:	Moonta Mines Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Blacksmiths striker
Died:	Died of wounds, 14th Field Ambulance, France, 14 December 1916, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban Row H, Grave 67. Headstone inscription reads: Rest in peace
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, East Moonta North Sunday School Roll of Honour , East Moonta Soldiers' Aid League Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Moonta All Saint's Anglican Church Memorial Honour Roll, Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour, Moonta District Roll of Honor, Moonta Mines Public School Roll of Honour WW1, Moonta R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Honor Roll, Moonta Star of Moonta U.A.O.D. No. 66 Roll of Honor, Moonta War Memorial

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World War 1 Service

30 Dec 1915:	Enlisted
11 Mar 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 6488, 4th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 6488, 4th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
14 Dec 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 6488, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6488 awm_unit: 14th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-12-14

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Henry Verran and Catherine Verran nee Pedler of Moonta Mines, SA

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Henry Verran and Catherine Verran nee Pedler of Moonta Mines, SA

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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• Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour and Circular
• National Archives of Australia Service Record - B2455, VERRAN WILLIAM RICHARD
• William Richard’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission record

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