James Daly VERNON

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Service Number:	1768
Enlisted:	7 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Roscommon, County Roscommon, Ireland, 1890
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1918
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot X11, Row D, Grave 8. Rev. A.J.B, King officiated
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

7 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1768, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1768, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1768, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
22 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1768, 18th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the back and buttock. Invalided to England from Mudros aboard HS Gloucester Castle on 29 August 1915
26 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1768, 18th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock.
9 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1768, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1768 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-09

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Husband of Colleen Vernon nee Watkins of 'Honitonglist', Carey Street, Waverley, NSW. James and Colleen married during 1914c in Waverley, NSW.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal