BAYNES, Vernon
| Service Number: | NX70454 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Longueville, New South Wales, Australia, 2 February 1918 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 December 1988, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX70454, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX70454, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX70454, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX70454, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Lieutenant, NX70454 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Vernon was the second of three children of Henry Alexander Baynes (born 1887 in Essex, England) and Virginia (Jinnie) Jones (born 1884 in Melbourne, Victoria). Henry - a Clerk in England - married Jinnie in 1915 in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1916 Henry and Jinnie had settled in Sydney, NSW where Henry worked as an Insurance Inspector and Commercial Traveller.
Vernon enlisted in the Australian Army in April 1940, and was a Lieutenant (Service No:NX70454) with2/30 Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in November 1945. Brother Ken (Sapper; N311493), Cousins Vernon Roger (Bombardier; Service No:272934), Robert (Able Seaman; Service No:24974) and Uncle Vernon (Gunner; Service No:N230145) also served in WWII.
In 1941 Vernon married Ruth Mary Wilson (born 1913 in Sydney, NSW) - Ruth was a WRAN (LeadingTelegraphist; Service No:WR/53) and they had separated by 1949.
Vernon worked as a Sales Manager and Company Director and lived in Sydney, NSW with second wife Brenda Elizabeth. He died in 1988.