YATES, Penn Symon
| Service Number: | 30542 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Whitelaw, Victoria, 16 November 1899 |
| Home Town: | Fumina, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand/Sawmiller (later mixed business owner at Chewton) |
| Died: | Natural causes, Castlemaine, Victoria, 11 March 1978, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: |
Campbell's Creek Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 30542, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 30542, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 30542, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 11 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 18 Oct 1917: | Wounded Gunner, 30542, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, Gassed | |
| 18 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 30542, 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Alfred Yates and Amy Martha Yates nee Bryenton of Moe, Victoria.
Brother of Leslie Yates MM who returned to Australia on 11 May 1919 having served with the 6th Field Artillery Brigade, John Wigley Yates who returned to Australia on 8 October 1919 having served with the 6th Field Artillery Brigade and James Yates who returned to Australia on 10 March 1919 having served with the 8th Artillery Brigade
Commenced return to Australia on 27 April 1919 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 10 June 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1926c Penn married Edith Annie Beale in Victoria
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