Vernon Clifford LANYON

LANYON, Vernon Clifford

    Service Number: 1735
    Enlisted: 13 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Truro, South Australia, 18 December 1893
    Home Town: Grange, City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
    Schooling: Clare Public School
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Died of wounds, Gallipoli (aboard HS Maheno), Greece, 19 September 1915, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: East Mudros Military Cemetery
    East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clare Original Clare School WW1 Memorial, Clare Schools Old Scholars who Fell WW1 Memorial, Darwin Northern Territory Soldiers Roll of Honour, Henley Beach Council Fallen WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Henley Beach Council WW1 Service Roll, Port Elliot Institute Roll of Honor, Port Elliot War Memorial, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    13 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
    23 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1735, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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    23 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1735, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide
    19 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1735, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1735 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-09-19

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    "...1735 Sergeant Vernon Clifford Lanyon, 27th Battalion, of Grange, SA. A clerk prior to enlisting in May 1915, Lanyon embarked from Adelaide with the 2nd Reinforcements on board HMAT Kanowna (A61) on 23 June 1915. On 19 September 1915, he died of wounds received in action at Gallipoli. Sgt Lanyon was 21 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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