VERNON, Ronald Eric Hunt
| Service Number: | 209 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Donald, Victoria, Australia, 3 January 1885 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dentist |
| Died: | Melbourne East, Victoria, Australia, 7 February 1963, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Acacia, Garden 4, Bed 4, Site 81. Service held on 7 February 1963 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 209, 1st Australian General Hospital, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 209, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 209, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 13 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Sherwood Vernon and Emily May Vernon nee Martindale of High Street, Glen Iris, Victoria formerly of Donald, Victoria.
Brother of Arthur Vernon who returned to Australia on 7 April 1919 having served with the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station; Thomas Seaton who returned to Australia on 15 December 1919 having served with the Australian Army Pay Corps
Apprenticed to J.M. Miller of Collins Street, Melbourne for three years.
Commenced return to Australia on 30 October 1919 aboard HT Wahehe
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1944c Ronald married Jane Lomond Barker in Victoria