Service Details
Name:
 VENABLES
Given Name:
 HAROLD JOHN
Initials:
 H J
Service No:
 R/15384
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 King's Royal Rifle Corps
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Unit:
 3rd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1919-02-22
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Age:
 43
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas and Mary Anne Venables. Born Liverpool Plains, Murrurundi district, New South Wales, Australia. Served with Queensland Mounted Infantry in Boer War. Afterwards he stayed on in Southern Africa and became a gold miner in Hartley, Southern Rhodesia. In 1915 at the age of 39 he sailed to England to volunteer in the army. His half brother George Frank Venables also died in service ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 WINCHESTER (MAGDALEN HILL) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Mil. Plot. I.I. 112.

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