Verdi George SCHWINGHAMMER

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SCHWINGHAMMER, Verdi George

Service Numbers:	2639, N409077
Enlisted:	14 July 1917
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 2 October 1889
Home Town:	Byron Bay, Byron Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 October 1965, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Memorials:	Grafton Primary School Great War Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

17 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2639, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2639, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
14 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2639, 42nd Infantry Battalion
25 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 41st Infantry Battalion
26 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2639, 41st Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD

World War 2 Service

22 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, N409077

Help us honour Verdi George Schwinghammer's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Evan Evans

Pte Verdi George SCHWINGHAMMER's experiences during WWI

In Friends of the First AIF, DIGGER 63-69, 2018/2019

Memoirs of Pte 2639 Verdi Schwinghammer, 42nd Bn, edited by Graeme Hosken

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