VERNEDE, James Neville Ewart
| Service Number: | 4615 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 October 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Devocolam, India, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 9 September 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Altona Memorial Park, Victoria Robinson Lawn B, Row MM, Grave 51. Interred on 12 September 1968 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4615, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4615, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4615, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 8 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4615, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to neurasthenia |
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Son of Archiblad William Tunel Vernede, Munnar, Madura District, South India. Grandfather was a French national.
Brother of Charles William Ewart who was killed in action on 5 August 1916 while serving with the 48th Battalion and is buried in the Serre Road Cemetery, Plot XIII, Row M, Grave 10
Next of kin later change to his wife Mabel Winifred Vernede nee Winfield of Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, England. James and Mabel married on 24 February 1917 in Oxford, England. He was thought to have committed bigamy using the name John Neville Ewart Vernede
Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1917 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 13 September 1917
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In 1958 James was residing in Malone, Street, Fremantle, WA