Ernest Seaton VERNON

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Service Number:	2994
Enlisted:	15 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Louth, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, October 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW Section DD, Anglican, Grave 262 unmarked.
Memorials:

15 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2994, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
3 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2994, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
3 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2994, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
8 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2994, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Ronald Seaton Vernon and Charlotte Vernon nee Howell of Bourke, NSW.

Husband of Eveline Maude Vernon nee Dyer of Francis Street, Hyde Park, NSW. Ernest and Eveline married during 1910 at Cobar, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 September 1917 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 24 October 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal