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Reginald Herbert VERRY

Date of birth24 July 1894
Place of birthToowoomba, Queensland
SchoolNudgee College, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
AddressYangan, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinWife, Mrs V M Verry, 'Martha Ville', Coorparoo, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in 11th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date21 August 1914
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name49th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/66/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 27 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Promotion date: 16 June 1916

Lieutenant


Promotion date: 14 June 1917

FateKilled in Action 5 April 1918
Place of death or woundingDernancourt, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VI, Row H, Grave No. 2), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
149
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred George and Ellen Mary VERRY; husband of Vera M. VERRY, Coorparoo, Queensland. Native of Toowoomba, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother-in-law: [182] Captain James Victor ATKINSON, 49th Bn, killed in action, 5 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Re-embarked for overseas service, 27 October 1917; disembarked, Plymouth, England, 9 January 1918.

Attended a course of instruction at the Southern Command Grenade School, Lyndhurst, 15-27 January 1917, as qualified as Instructor.

On Command, Officer School, Kandahar, 25 February 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 25 April 1917; taken on strength, 49th Bn, in the field, 1 May 1917.

Promoted Lieutenant, 14 June 1917.

On leave to England, 20 July 1917; rejoined Bn from leave, 1 August 1917.

Detached to 1st Australian Corps School, 23 November 1917; rejoined Bn from detachment, 21 December 1917.

Congratulations on satisfactory report from 1st Anzac Intelligence School course.

On leave to England, 28 February 1918; rejoined Bn from leave, 16 March 1918.

Killed in action, 5 April 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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