Ernest VESSEY

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Service Number:	3731
Enlisted:	12 June 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Provost Corps
Born:	Scunthorp, Lincolnshire, England, 1886
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 22 March 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Anglican FM 5B, Grave 1104
Memorials:

12 Jun 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3731, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
31 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 3731, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
31 Oct 1917:	Embarked Private, 3731, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
19 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Provost Corps , From 54th Battalion
10 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3731, Australian Provost Corps , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John William Vessey of Scunthorp, Lincolnshire, England

While living in England Ernest served with the Imperial Lincolnshire Infantry Regiment for almost five years.

Husband of Hilda Mable Annie Vessey nee Hill of Baronia Street, Redfern,NSW. Ernest and Hilda married during 1915c.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 from Colombo aboard HT Oxfordshire disembarking on 17 August 1919

British War Medal, Victory Medal