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VERE, George Percy Mason
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2176 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 April 1916, Enlisted at Maryborough, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lincoln, England, 13 May 1879 |
| Home Town: | Pialba, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 1 November 1943, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Caboolture & Districts Lawn (Caboolture Lawn) Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Pialba War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2176, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Maryborough, QLD | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2176, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2176, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 27 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2176, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right arm. Invalided to England on 2 June 1917 | |
| 9 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2176, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to myalgia |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred Vere and Annie Elizabeth Vere nee Mason of Lincoln, England.
Next of kin given as his sister Gertrude Olive Howard of Pialba via Maryborough, QLD.
Commenced return to Australia on 4 January 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on 20 February 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 11 May 1929 George married Evelyn Ellen Smith in QLD.
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