DANSIE, Vernon Lance
| Service Numbers: | NX200199, N323695 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1943, Paddington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 13 August 1918 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 28 January 1992, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bundaberg Crematorium & Memorial Park |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Mar 1943: | Involvement Corporal, NX200199 | |
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| 11 Mar 1943: | Involvement Corporal, N323695 | |
| 11 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Paddington, NSW | |
| 11 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX200199, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Oct 1946: | Discharged | |
| 11 Oct 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX200199, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jade Manly
Vernon Linley Lance Dansie was born on 13 August 1918 in Port Pirie, South Australia to parents Nellie Ivy Pitman and Lance Gordon Dansie (SA Births 1842-1928, Registration Number: 24A/231). Prior to enlistment in the Australian Army, Vernon worked as a draper at the Pellew & Moore department store in Broken Hill.
Vernon served in New Guinea and wrote a poem about his experiences entitled "Sinister Nights" which was published in the Barrier Miner newspaper on 24 February 1945.
He passed away on 28 January 1992 and was laid to rest at the Bundaberg Crematorium and Memorial Park located in Queensland.
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