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VERNEY, Walter Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 238 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 January 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy |
| Born: | Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter's Assistant |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 12 June 1949, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Penrith General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Anglican Section 1, Row J, Graves 26-27-28. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 238, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 238, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 238, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 19 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy | |
| 27 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 238, 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Verney and Elizabeth Verney nee Jenkins of Penrith, NSW.
Half brother to Edward James Verney who returned to Australia on 3 January 1918 having served in the 1sr Pioneer Battalion.
Husband of Edith Elizabeth Verney nee Eyres of Renwick Street, Redfern, NSW. Walter and Edith married during 1914c in Sydney, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking at Melbourne on 2 September 1919 but did not re-embark. Arrived in Sydney on 5 September 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal