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WITNEY, Vernon Claude
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1187, 2857 |
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Enlisted: | 25 September 1914 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Kapunda, SA, 20 June 1891 |
Home Town: | Korrelocking, Wyalkatchem, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Baker |
Died: | Manning, Perth, WA, 7 February 1982, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremation only - ashes taken by Administrator |
Memorials: | Armadale Congregational Church Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1187, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1187, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1187, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2857, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2857, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Joseph WITNEY and Frances nee WERRETT