Leslie Joseph VERNON

VERNON, Leslie Joseph

    Service Number: 7971
    Enlisted: 12 July 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 5th Divisional Train
    Born: Grenville, Buninyoung, Victoria, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 9 February 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria
    Church of England C, Section 07, Grave 51. Commemorated in the Ballarat Avenue of Honour with a plaque and a tree of the Ulmus variety which was planted by M. Hill
    Memorials: Garibaldi Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 7971, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
    5 Nov 1915: Involvement Driver, 7971, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: ''
    5 Nov 1915: Embarked Driver, 7971, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Bakara, Melbourne
    31 Jan 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Divisional Train
    15 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 7971, 5th Divisional Train, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Henry Joseph Vernon and Mary Jane Vernon nee Thomas of Beaufort House, Ballarat, Victoria. Brother of Louis Henry Vernon who returned to Australia on 4 February 1920 having served with Australian Flying Corps.

    Commenced return to Australia on 8 April 1919 aboard HT Trasos Montes disembarking on 22 May 1919

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1919c Leslie married Dorothy May Gooch in Victoria

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