Harry Gordon VERNON

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VERNON, Harry Gordon

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	16 March 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 6 November 1879
Home Town:	Beecroft, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Dentist
Died:	Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia, 17 February 1939, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Carlingford Anglican Cemetery Section H, Grave 88
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

16 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
14 Jul 1915:	Involvement 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
14 Jul 1915:	Embarked 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
14 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 2nd Infantry Battalion
10 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Vernon and Mary Vernon nee Menzies of 'Cranbrook', Beecroft, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 20 April 1919 aboard HT Boonah disembarking on 8 June 1919 at Melbourne then transhipped on SS Sardinia for onward travel to Sydney

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

During 1922c Harry married Millie Kearney Rogers in Sydney, NSW

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