Aime Constant VERPILLOT

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VERPILLOT, Aime Constant

Other Name:	Verpillot, Aime - Service Record
Service Number:	4885
Enlisted:	6 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Neuchatel, Switzerland, 12 May 1891
Home Town:	Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public in School in Switzerland and Grammar School in Coventry, England.
Occupation:	Scroll Maker & Gate Maker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot 11, Row D, Grave 2.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4885, Depot Battalion
8 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4885, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4885, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir.
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4885, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 20 years via New Zealand on 17 September 1912. Took the Oath of Allegiance on 16 August 1915.

Son of Charles Eugene Verpillot and Berthe Verpillot of Barnacliff Avenue, Bondi, NSW later of 'Ville des pins', Caromb, Vaucluse, France.

Private Verpillot was originally remembered at the V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial but his body was later found and identified near Pheasant Wood with 400 others. He was then laid to rest at the Fromelles Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery with his mates.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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