Vernon Jack CROLE

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CROLE, Vernon Jack

Service Number:	3035
Enlisted:	10 September 1915, 7th Reinforcements
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dumbalk, Victoria, Australia, 29 September 1895
Home Town:	Dumbalk, South Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Dumbalk East State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Foster Dollar & District Roll of Honor WW1, Leongatha Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Meeniyan Cenotaph, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3035, 24th Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3035, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3035, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
3 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Police, Anzac Provost Corps ( as per Royal Australian Corps of Military Police Memorial Page)
16 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 3035, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3035 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-20

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Vernon was the third of five children and only son of George Henry Crole (born in Nelson New Zealand) and Jemima Emily Parke (born 1874 in Ballan, Victoria) George and Jemima married in 1893 in Leongathe, Victoria and raised their family in the Gippsland region where George was a Labourer and a Farmer.

Vernon was farming at Dumbalk, near Stoney Creek in Victoria when he enlisted in 1915 the AIF. He served as a Private (Service No: 3035) with 7th Reinforcements 24th Infantry Battalion and 8th Infantry Battalion. He volunteered in April 1916 for the Anzac Provost Corps (Royal Australian Corps of Military Police Memorial Page) and was again with the 8th Infantry Battalion at Polygon Wood when he was reported as MiA on 28 September 1918, and listed as KIA on 29 September 1918. The last letter his parents received from Vernon was dated 17 September 1918.

According to the Red Cross File, Vernon was buried south of Polygon Wood and east of Glencose Wood.

Vernon's Uncle Frederick Charles Crole (Service No: 364) was KIA in 1917 in Belgium. Cousins Sydney Roland (Service No: 10332), Ernest George (Service No: 54867) also served in WWI,and Floyd Gregory (Service No: VX40718) served in WWII. Brother in Law William Raymond Bilson (Service No: 5973) also served in WWI.

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