William Herbert VENABLES

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VENABLES, William Herbert

Service Number:	NX60524
Enlisted:	23 July 1940, Goulburn, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adaminaby, New South Wales, 26 September 1909
Home Town:	Adaminaby, Snowy River, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station hand
Died:	Died of wounds, El Alamein, Egypt, 25 October 1942, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery Gr. 11.C.25,
Memorials:	Adaminaby St. John's Anglican Church WW2 Roll of Honour, Adaminaby War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

23 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX60524, Goulburn, New South Wales
23 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX60524, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
25 Oct 1942:	Involvement Private, NX60524, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

William Herbert VENABLES was born on 26th September, 1909 in Adaminaby, NSW

His parents were John VENABLES and Sarah Jane CHALKER

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