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VENN, Charles Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 794 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF |
| Born: | Barrow In Furness, England, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Male Nurse |
| Died: | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 794, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 18 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 794, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 794, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 794, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 794, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 794, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as Mrs J.E. Wilson of Leaver Grove, Manchester Road, Bolton, Lancashire, England.
Later changed to his wife Annie Venn nee Coulson of the War Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, Yorkshire. Charles and Annie married on 14 November 1916 in the Mill Street Chapel, Newport, England. Rev. David D. Joseph of the Congregational Church officiated.
Commenced return to Australia on 4 June 1919 aboard HT Bremen diembarking on 27 July 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal