Henry VERNON

VERNON, Henry

    Service Number: 2959
    Enlisted: 9 April 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 5th Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Bryn-Coch South Wales, 1889
    Home Town: Collie, Collie, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    Died: Collie, Western Australia, 30 November 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Collie General Cemetery, Western Australia
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    World War 1 Service

    9 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2959, 6th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    28 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2959, 7th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle
    28 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2959, 7th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
    30 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2959, 6th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
    30 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2959, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle
    30 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion
    18 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2959, 5th Pioneer Battalion
    16 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2959, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Vernon and Jane Vernon nee James C/-  W Vernon, Robert Street, Collie, WA.

    Brother of Albert Edward Vernon who returned to Australia on 8 July 1919 having served with the 5th Pioneer Battalion; Gordon Lindsay Vernon DCM who returned to Australia on 8 July 1919 having served with the 5th Pioneer Battalion.

    Commenced return to Australia on 1 June 1919 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 8 July 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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