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VERRALL, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1838 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hermitage, South Australia, 27 September 1879 |
| Home Town: | Tea Tree Gully, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 October 1916, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ridge Wood Military Cemetery, Voormezeele, Belgium Plot 111, Row L, Grave 6 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Houghton War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1838, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' |
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| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1838, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 1 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1838, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1838 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-10-01 |
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"THE LATE PRIVATE R. VERRALL.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Verrall, of Hermitage, have been notified that their second son, Private Robert Verrall, was killed in action in France on October 1. He left for the front on January 11. Private Verrall was the first young man to enlist from Hermitage. He passed his 36th birthday on September 27, four days before he was killed. He was born at Hermitage." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 11 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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