Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Toowoomba, Queensland |
School | Nudgee College, Queensland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Yangan, Queensland |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs V M Verry, 'Martha Ville', Coorparoo, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served in 11th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 49th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/66/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 49th Battalion |
Promotions |
2nd Lieutenant Promotion date: Lieutenant Promotion date: |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Dernancourt, France |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Dernancourt 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 connections | Brother-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 |