Robert Andrew VERITY MM

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Service Numbers:	5215, V84246
Enlisted:	9 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	12 Garrison Battalion (Vic)
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Richmond Plains, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, August 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Lawn area, Section A9, Grave 3. Interred on 1 September 1967
Memorials:

9 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5215, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5215, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5215, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
13 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5215, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

27 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V84246
21 Mar 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V84246, 12 Garrison Battalion (Vic)

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Son of Richard Verity and Elizabeth Julia Verity nee Maguire of Gardner Street, Richmond, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Soudan disembarking on 29 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1930c Robert married Mabel Victoria Johnston in Victoria