VERGETTE, John James
| Service Number: | 966 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Peakirk, Peterborough, England, United Kingdom, September 1878 |
| Home Town: | Forbes, Forbes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead, Essex, England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 19, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 966, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Kensington, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 966, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 966, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 37 and the son of George Vergette and the late Jane Vergette.
In the United Kingdom, he is remembered on the Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum Memorial Plaque which is a Roll of Honour displayed in the chapel at Snaresbrook Crown Court commemorating the former pupils of the Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum who served and died in the First World War. The memorial takes the form of a metal plaque, the top of which is decorated with embossed roses and foliage. The names are presented in alphabetical order and include the year in which each pupil left the asylum.
The plaque has been added to at a later date with a roll of honour commemorating former pupils who served in the Second World War.
Opened in 1843, the Infant Orphan Asylum in Wanstead was part of a charitable institution to care for orphaned children descended from so-called ‘respectable’ families, usually those from middle-class backgrounds who had fallen on hard times. The school was later renamed The Royal Wanstead School and closed in 1971. It is now Snaresbrook Crown Court and is at Hollybush Hill, Wanstead,London, E11 1QW.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 25 years.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Served with the Royal Marines for a few years and in 1900 while on board HMS Goliath he bought his discharge
Residential address at the time of enlistment is not known but a fellow comrade said that he was living in NSW and that he was married. On his Attestion he said he wasn't married
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