YEATES, Vernon Charles
| Service Number: | 20358 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 May 1917, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies |
| Born: | Oakbank, South Australia, 12 June 1897 |
| Home Town: | Oakbank, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postal Assistant |
| Died: | Rosslyn Park, South Australia, 13 October 1984, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Acacia area D, Path DD, Grave 60. Interred on 16 October 1984 which expired on 3 June 2017 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department HR, Oakbank Old Scholars Roll of Honor, Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20358, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 15 Sep 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20358, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, Discharged at the 4th Military District | |
| 16 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 20358, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 20358, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, SS Canberra, Sydney |
Vernon Charles Yeates
Name: Harrold William Whitfield
Service Number: 3190
Place of Birth: Oakbank
Date of Birt: 6 April 1885
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 16 September 1916
Age at Enlistment: 31 years 4 months
Next of Kin: Wife, Una Whitfield
Occupation: Linesman
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Private
Harrold left Australia on the Karmala on 7 February 1917 arriving at Suez on 11 March and proceeded to Cookery School at Ismailia, Egypt on 12 June. On 23 June he was hospitalised with tonsillitis for a week. While serving in Egypt Harrold was hospitalised twice with eczema / psoriasis in 1918 and was admitted to hospital at Moascar with rheumatism from 30 December to 17 January 1919. He returned to Australia on the Malta from Kantara, Egypt on 8 July and was discharged on 18 September.
Submitted 26 October 2023 by christopher collins
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
At the time of enlistment he was residing at Basket Range, SA.
Son of Samuel John Yeates and Annie Yeates nee Sears of Oakbank, SA. Brother of Constance Annie Yeates, Maud Emily Yeates and Albion William Yeates
Commenced return to Australia on 20 July 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on the 23 August 1919
On 25 May 1935 Vernon married Jean Nicholas Waters in St Pauls Church, Adelaide, SA
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