Gordon Namoi VENESS

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Service Number:	1527
Enlisted:	4 August 1915, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	15th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Baulia, Queensland, Australia, 2 October 1892
Home Town:	Manilla, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bookkeeper
Died:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 1 May 1965, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	The New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood, New South Wales Commemorated
Memorials:	Boomi Roll of Honour, Boomi and District Public Honour Roll

4 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
11 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd ANZAC Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps
1 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 15th Light Horse Regiment
31 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Edward John Veness and Maria Sophia Veness nee Kyling of Derwent Street, Forest Lodge, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 26 July 1919 aboard HT Burma

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

During 1920c Gordon married Clara Ryan in Glen Innes, NSW. Clara later died in 1922c in Inverell, NSW