Vernon Llewellyn BOVELL

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BOVELL, Vernon Llewellyn

Service Number:	381
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Busselton, Western Australia, September 1896
Home Town:	Busselton, Western Australia
Schooling:	Christian Brothers (Catholic) College, Busselton, Western Australia
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 15 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park Of Remembrance War Memorial, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk, Busselton St Mary's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Homebush Western Australian Bank WW1 Roll of Honor, Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mount Barker (WA) War Memorial

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 381, 11th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 381, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 381, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
15 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-09-15

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Biography contributed

Vernon Llewellyn BOVELL was born in Busselton, WA in 1896

His parents were William James BOVELL & Clara Ann ROBERTS

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3 of his brothers also served during WW1

1. Roy Herbert BOVELL (SN 1721) returned 1919

2. Cecil Alexander Thomas BOVELL (SN 2145) returned 1917 - also served during WW2 (SN W30885)

3. William Allan BOVELL (SN 4248) returned 1919

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