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TUSON, Vernon Frederick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified Royal Navy Ships |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 19 June 1876 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Rockhampton Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Naval Officer |
| Died: | Alcoholic Delirium and Pneumonia, 8 September 1914, aged 38 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Rockhampton Grammar School WWI Honour Roll |
Service History
Boer War Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Lieutenant, Officer, Unspecified Royal Navy Ships |
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Son of George TUSON and Mary Burgess nee TREGURTHA
Husband of Edith Louise Cave TUSON nee JOHNSON
Brother of George Edward TUSON DSO who also served with the British
Tuson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in December 1898.
In March 1906, he was evaluated as to his temperate habits as "not altogether".
Tuson was place on the Retired List at his own request on 1 August, 1908.
He was admitted to Haslar Hospital twice and perhaps sent to Yarmouth. He died of alcoholic delirium and pneumonia
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