In Memory Of

VENABLES, HAROLD JOHN

Service Details
Age:
43
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
R/15384
Rank:
Rifleman
Unit:
3rd Bn.
Regiment:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Date of Death:
1919-02-22
Cause of Death:
Died on active service
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Mil. Plot. I.I. 112.
Cemetery:
WINCHESTER (MAGDALEN HILL) CEMETERY
Localitly:
Hampshire
Country:
United Kingdom
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