VARCOE, Cyril
Service Number: | 817 |
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Enlisted: | 30 November 1914, Enlisted at South Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
Born: | Cromwell, New Zealand, 6 March 1893 |
Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia, 9 January 1971, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Apollo Bay Cemetery |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
30 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 817, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at South Melbourne, Victoria | |
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3 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 817, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Katuna embarkation_ship_number: A13 public_note: '' | |
3 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 817, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Katuna, Melbourne | |
23 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
4 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 817, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard Varcoe and Susan Sarah Varcoe of Cromwell, NZ.
Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 aboard HT Dongola disembarking on 25 August 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c Cyril married Myrtle Gladys Sellar Perkins in Victoria. Father of Cyril Aubrey Varcoe who served with the Australian Army during WW2