Joseph VERNOR

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Service Number:	2269
Enlisted:	7 April 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1871
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Memorials:

7 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2269, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2269, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2269, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane
11 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2269, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right leg. Transferred to England from Boulogne on 25 July 1917 aboard HS St. David
19 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2269, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Next of kin given as his sister Martha Locke of South Melbourne, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 7 June 1918 aboard HT Essex disembarking on 1 August 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal