| Alfred (Alf) Henry Vary
Engine Room Artificer
OBITUARY
DEATH OF MR ALF VARY
We much regret to learn that Engineer-Commander Alfred Henry Vary, of the Royal Australian Navy, retired, who lived in Pratt Street, Moonee Ponds, died on Tuesday in a private hospital in Melbourne.. He had been on the retired list since, September, 1924. He joined up from the Victorian Navy when it was taken over by the Commonwealth. He was a member of the naval contingent from Victoria which. served in China during the Boxer Rebellion, and spent five years on active service in the Great War, during which he was attached to the battle cruiser H.M.A.S. Australia. He returned in H.M.A.S. Sydney. His final period of service was at Flinders Naval Base. He is survived by Mrs Vary and a son and daughter. Deceased, who was a son of the late Mr and Mrs S. Vary, of Driffield, spent most of his boyhood in Morwell, and was very popular.
Morwell Advertiser, 7 October 1937
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From Volunteer Listing kept by CPO Goding & held by grandson Lawrence Dilks, Williamstown. Compared with China Contingent List. Prepared by Ada Ackerly, Directory Williamstown Museum, c 1987.
Profile in The Australian Illustrated Enclclopaedia of The Boxer Uprising 1899-1901, Justin Corfield, Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae Australia, 2001.
- Artificer Engineer 1 july 1911
- Chief artificer Engineer 1 September 1917
- Engineer Lieutenant 1 April 1919
- Retired 1925
On the Victorian Contingent for China nominal roll.
More details on this person can be found in the Victorian Navy Certificates of Service This is a very large pdf file of 109 mb and takes 13 minutes to download with a 1.5 mbps internet connection. |
