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VENABLES, William Herbert
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX60524 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX60524, Goulburn, New South Wales | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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