George Eugene VENTRIS

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Service Number:	111
Enlisted:	4 September 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Motor Transport Company
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 December 1886
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 15 November 1974, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cassia, Gate D, Site Niche 41
Memorials:

4 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 111, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 111, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Southern embarkation_ship_number: A27 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 111, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Southern, Melbourne
23 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Division Supply Column , In France
12 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Motor Transport Company, From 1st Division Supply Company
28 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 111, 1st Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Edward Grandy Ventris and Mary Elizabeth Ventris nee Ingall of Portland Place, South Yarra, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his sister Winnifred Ventris of Manderville Place of Manchester Square, London, England

On 2 October 1918 George married Emily Juniper in the Registry Office, Hackney, England. Sidney F. Shewin officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 3 December 1918 aboard Port Hacking disembarking on 27 January 1919

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

During 1938c George married Elizabeth Armstrong Jones in Victoria

In 1969 George was residing in the RSL War Veterans Home, Frankston, Victoria