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VENESS, Gordon Namoi
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1527 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
4 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1527, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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