Clifton Raymond VENESS

VENESS, Clifton Raymond

Service Number: 11420
Enlisted: 30 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
Last Rank: Saddler
Last Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Mortlake, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Bankstown, Bankstown, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Saddler
Died: Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, 27 September 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
Crematorium area DD, Rose Garden 3, Site 039
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World War 1 Service

30 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 11420, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
15 Jan 1916: Involvement Gunner, 11420, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Jan 1916: Embarked Gunner, 11420, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, RMS Osterley, Sydney
8 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Saddler, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
25 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Saddler, 11420, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Arthur Ernest Veness and Elizabeth I. Veness nee Gill of Kimpton Street, Bankstown, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Soudan disembarking on 30 June 1919

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c Clifton married Grace Kathleen Asplet in Rockdale, NSW