Algernon VERNON MID

Algernon VERNON MID Update Details

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Service Number:	162
Enlisted:	15 December 1914, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Veterinary Section
Born:	Oxfordshire, England, 21 August 1886
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 11 September 1946, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wellington General Cemetery, NSW Anglican area A
Memorials:

15 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 162, 1st Veterinary Section, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
19 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 162, 1st Veterinary Section, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
19 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 162, 1st Veterinary Section, HMAT Ajana, Sydney
31 Dec 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 31 December 1918, page 15230, position 36 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 May 1919, page 880, position 16
22 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 162, 1st Veterinary Section, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Edwin J Vernon of Park Corner Farm, Swyncombe, Henty-on-Thames, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 October 1918 aboard HT Durham disembarking on 23 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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

During 1920c Algernon married Alice Belgrove Crean in Wellington, NSW