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VERNON, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3144 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fentonbury, Tasmania, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Fentonbury, Central Highlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 13 October 1957, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3144, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 3144, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 3144, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 24 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 8th Battalion | |
| 21 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, In France, from 60th Battalion | |
| 31 Jul 1918: | Honoured Military Medal and bar, Military Medal:- North East of Ville Sur Ancre during the night 4th/5th July Corporal Vernon was in charge of a Patrol covering a working party engaged in the construction of a line of posts which were being pushed forward in order to conform with the advance made on the immediate right on morning of July 4th. This patrol was attacked by the garrisons of adjacent enemy posts on no less than three occasions. Despite the enemy's superior numbers, Vernon completely repulsed each attack, caused the enemy parties casualties and enabled our Working Party to complete and occupy the posts under construction before daybreak. The courage and leadership of this N.C.O. is of a very high order and is a fine example to the men of his Company London Gazette on 21 October 1918, page 12423, position 14 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 February 1919, page 272, position 2 Bar to Military Medal, 17 June 1919:- Near Doingt on 5th September Corporal Vernon displayed great dash and courage and materially assisted the successful advance of his Company by pushing forward his Lewis Gun and giving covering fire to enable the rest of the Company to advance. At one stage he pushed 200 yards ahead and, although fired at from three different directions, he succeeded in mounting his gun and compelling the enemy to retire from the position which threatened the flank of the Company, inflicting heavy casualties on them as they retreated. London Gazette on 17 June 1919, page 7646, position 1 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 10 October 1919, page 1493, position 41 | |
| 12 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3144, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Eliza Hanlon formerly Vernon of Fentonbury via Russell, Tasmania.
Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 28 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal