Edward Leslie VERCOE

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Service Number:	7908
Enlisted:	8 June 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Kew, Victoria, Australia, 5 May 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated on 9 May 1973 with ashes being scattered in the cemetery. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

8 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7908, 1st Australian General Hospital, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 7908, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 7908, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
29 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Field Ambulance
12 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, From 5th Field Ambulance
7 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 7908, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Shell wound to the right leg. Invalided to England on 11 October 1918
21 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 7908, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 3rd Military District
Date unknown:	Embarked Private, 7908, 1st Australian General Hospital
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, 7908, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

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Son of Richard Vercoe and Mary Elizabeth Vercoe nee Pinch of Bendigo, Victoria.

Apprentice blacksmith for about 6 years

Next of kin given as his sister J W Harvey of St Just Point, Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 14 January 1919 aboard HT City of York disembarking on 27 February 1919

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