WOOLHOUSE, Vernon Victor Charles
| Service Number: | 2836 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Greenough, Western Australia, Australia, 2 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Grass Valley, Northam, Western Australia, Australia, 1 December 1961, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northam Cemetery Buried at Northam cemetery |
| Memorials: | Geraldton Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2836, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 2836, 10th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mongolia, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Horvath
Vernon was born at Greenough to parents George Woolhouse and Ann (nee Sims) Woolhouse and is one of 6 known siblings.
He would enlist on 28th February 1916 at Geraldton and go into the 10th A.L.H.R. before being transferred to the 3rd ANZAC Camel Battalion and in 1918 transfer into the new 15th A.L.H.R.
Vernon returned to Australian aboard the Dorset and disembarked on 5th June 1919 and discharged on 20th July 1919 in Perth.
He would marry at Northam in 1929 to Mavis nee Meeres.
Vernon would once more enlist in WW2 this time seeing home service with the 5th Garrison Battalion, service number W26485.
Vernon died age 65 years and his wife is also buried at same cemetery in Northam.
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