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VERCOE, John Percival
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2350, 2530 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1916, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia, 30 December 1925, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Church of England area, Row M, Grave 1107. Interred on 1 January 1926. Commemorated in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2350, 60th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2530, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2530, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 26 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2350, 60th Infantry Battalion, Bomb wound to the face with the left eye later excised. Transferred to England on 8 May 1918 | |
| 4 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2350, 60th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to eye injury |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Vercoe and Jane Mary Vercoe nee Andrews of Phillips Street, Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria.
On 18 May 1918 John was congratulated by Major-General J. Talbot Hobbs K.C.B. V.D. for his bravery and devotion to duty in dressing and carrying wounded to the regiment Aid Post during counter attacks on Villers-Bretonneux on the night 24/25 April 1918.
Commenced return to Australia on 23 September 1918 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 26 November 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1922c John married Ethel May Houliston
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