Thomas VERNEY

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Service Number:	237
Enlisted:	22 December 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy
Born:	Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia, 1870
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 12 April 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:

22 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 237, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
7 Feb 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 237, 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 Corporal, 237, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
27 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy
24 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 237, 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Thomas Verney and Anne Verney of Mittagong, NSW.

Husband of Louisa Verney nee Jenkins of 'Meadlow', Albermarle Street, Marrickville, NSW. Thomas and Louisa married in Penrith, NSW during 1896c

Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 24 September 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal