Vernon BATEMAN

BATEMAN, Vernon

Service Numbers: 3756, W66602
Enlisted: 15 November 1915, 36 Depot
Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
Last Unit: AIF Depot
Born: Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 8 January 1890
Home Town: Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 5 March 1975, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Memorials: East Fremantle Municipality Roll of Honour, Nedlands Scotch College WW1 Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

15 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3756, 36 Depot
7 Dec 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22 Depot
12 Feb 1916: Involvement Private, 3756, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1916: Embarked Private, 3756, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
2 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
27 Apr 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
9 Jun 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3756, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Shell Shock
1 Nov 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, AIF Depot
13 Apr 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3756, AIF Depot, per Wyreema as Nursing Staff
24 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3756, AIF Depot

World War 2 Service

20 Mar 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, W66602

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Vernon was the sixth of eight children of John Wesley Bateman (born 1851 in Fremantle WA) and Mary Armstrong (born 1851 at Murray River, Ravenswood, WA). Vernon is descended from the Fremantle Bateman family which arrived in Fremantle in 1830.

Vernon was a Clerk in Fremantle WA when he enlisted in the AIF in November 1915 in Perth WA. He served initialyy as a Private (Service No: 3756) with 36 Depot and progressed to Lance Corporal with 51 Battalion. Following evacuation from France suffering from shell shock in 1916, Vernon requested to revert to Private, serving with AAMC Dtls and then being promoted to Sergeant with AIF Depot. He was Discharged in 1919 and retrurned to Fremantle WA and work as a Clerk.

Vernon's brothers -Horace William, Hubert Pearson and Guy Victor served in WWI. Brother - in - law Henry Kennedy Maley MLA served in the Boer War.

In 1921 Vernon married Dorothy Ruth Hutton (born 1899 in Derby, WA) and was a Hardware Merchant. Vernon and Dorothy raised their family in East Fremantle and Cotesloe, and Vernon served with the ACMF in WWII as a Lance Sergeant (Service No: W66602). Dorothy died in 1970 and Vernon in 1975 

 

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