William Charles Meredith PENLY

PENLY, William Charles Meredith

Service Numbers: 928, Officer, N318152
Enlisted: 11 August 1914
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 7th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born: Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 1 February 1889
Home Town: North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Seaman
Died: Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1958, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Cremorne St Peter's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1914: Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Sergeant, 928, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
19 Aug 1914: Involvement Sergeant, 928, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1914: Embarked Sergeant, 928, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
27 Apr 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements
19 Jun 1918: Involvement 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Field Marshal embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
19 Jun 1918: Embarked 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Field Marshal, Sydney

World War 2 Service

27 Mar 1942: Involvement Sergeant, N318152, 7th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
27 Mar 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, N318152

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Captain W. C. M. Penly,
Went away in the Berrima in 1914 to Rabaul and stayed nine months, and has now gone away with Carmichacl's Second Thousand as lieutenant.

William Charles Meredith Penly, Clerk, with effect from close of business on 1st June, 1950.