KING, Henry Venn
| Service Number: | Commissioned Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 24 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Remount Unit |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 7 December 1842 |
| Home Town: | Kingsthorpe, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Grazier and Colliery Owner |
| Died: | Kingsthorpe, Toowoomba, Queensland, 1929, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Colonel, Commissioned Officer, 2nd Remount Unit | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Colonel, Commissioned Officer, 2nd Remount Unit, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Henry Venn King, grazier and colliery owner, had been an officer with the colonial-era Darling Downs Mounted Infantry volunteers since 1889. After Federation he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel commanding Toowoomba’s 14th Regiment Australian Light Horse. In August 1914 he was appointed Assistant Director of Remounts for Queensland to acquire 300 horses suitable for artillery and light transport. In September 1915 he was commissioned Colonel in command of the 2nd Remount Unit and arrived in Egypt in December. He commanded about 500 officers and others ranks with responsibility for thousands of horses. In March 1916 his unit was reduced by half and merged with the similarly halved 1st Remounts to create a single unit known as the Remount Depot led by Colonel Duncan McLeash. He returned to Australia and his appointment was terminated in June.
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