AVERY, Angus William Charles
| Service Number: | 1111 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1914, at Yarram |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Albert, Victoria, Australia, 16 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse driver |
| Died: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 30 October 1987, aged 96 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria EAS-LAWN-E-808-1014 |
| Memorials: | Yarram School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1111, 6th Infantry Battalion, at Yarram | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1111, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1111, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
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Contributed by Angus Parsey, Charles Campbell College
Angus William Charles Avery was a Private in the 6th infantry Battalion during the 1st World War. He was born in 1891 in Port Albert, Victoria and grew up in Elsternwick, Victoria. He grew up in a large family consisting of his mother, father, four brothers and three sisters. He first enlisted in the AIF on September 18th, 1914. He was 23 at the time and stood at 5 feet 8 inches and weighed 154lbs. He was one of the first wave of enlistments with his service number being 1111.
Angus was assigned as a Private to serve in the 6th Infantry Battalion, which was composed at the Broadmeadows camp in Victoria. After a short stop in Albany, Western Australia, the battalion made its first landing in Egypt on the 2nd December, 1914. Angus helped to fight in the Anzac landing. After the battalions failed efforts in Gallipoli, they ventured back to Egypt. Angus was wounded during his time in Gallipoli, and was forwarded to hospital in London, England after a year of hardship and service with his brothers in the 6th Battalion.
Angus was officially discharged out of the AIF on the 30th of October, 1916 after his wounds were deemed to be too severe, and he returned home to Victoria. Despite his injuries, Angus was able to return home live a very long life back in Australia. He married in 1918 to Veronica Pola, who would be the mother of Angus’s two children William Frewin Avery and Pauline Avery. In 1927, he became an engine driver while living in sunshine, Victoria. He passed away at 96 years old in his residency in Victoria on the 30th of October in 1987. He was then buried in the Eastern Geelong cemetery.
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