John VENTERS

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Service Number:	728
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	Hospital Transport Corps
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Hughesdale, Victoria, Australia, 10 November 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
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18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 728, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 728, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 728, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 728, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the left arm and shrapnel wounds to the right thigh. Embarked HS Nevasa for England on 16 May 1915
22 Dec 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 728, Hospital Transport Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: No 2 Hospital Ship public_note: ''
22 Dec 1915:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 728, Hospital Transport Corps, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
7 Jul 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 728, Hospital Transport Corps, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to old shrapnel wound

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Next of kin given as his sister Dr Venters of Archibald Place, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Commenced return to Australia on 29 September 1915 aboard HS Kanowna arrived in Melbourne on 22 November 1915 the re-embarked the same day for duty.

On 28 January 1916 left Suez to return to Australia as a guard disembarking on 3 March 1916

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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