FOSSEY, Vernon Leonard Cameron
| Service Number: | 2147 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Queensland, 19 April 1947, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Pittsworth Great War 'Served and Returned' Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2147, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 18 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2147, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2147, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Armadale, Brisbane | |
| 3 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2147, 25th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
On page 13 of his Attestion Paper his wife refers to the name of Cannon being incorrect and that it should actually read Cameron
On page14 she gives his full name as Vernon Leonard Cameron Fossey
Next of kin given as his uncle Hugh Cameron of Pittsworth, QLD
Son of Arthur Fossey and Jeannie Fossey nee Stewart of Melbourne. Brother of Muriel Gladys Irene Fossey, Hurtle Llewellen C Fossey, Arthur John Stewart Fossey
Husband of Maria Jane Fossey nee Doolan of Everton Park, QLD. Vernon and Maria married in QLD on 28 April 1921
During 1928 he was lodging an application for a War Service Home
Commence return to Australia on 26 September 1917 aboard HT Borda
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal