Vernon Samuel Knott QUARTERMAINE

QUARTERMAINE, Vernon Samuel Knott

Service Number: 7784
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion
Born: Katanning, WA, 28 October 1892
Home Town: Katanning, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Old age?, Prahan, Vic, 8 January 1977, aged 84 years
Cemetery: Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
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World War 1 Service

Date unknown: Involvement Private, 7784, 28th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918

Pte Vernon Samuel Knott QUARTERMAINE
Regimental Number:   7784
Unit Name:   28 th Infantry Battalion
Religion:   Presbyterian

Occupation:   Farmer

Address:   Katanning, WA

Age of Enlistment:   23 years

Enlistment Date and Place:   17 July 1916, Albany, WA

Next of Kin:   Mother, Mary Anne Quartermaine, Katanning, WA

Rank on Enlistment:   Private

Campaigns Served:   Did not leave Australia

War Service/Promotions:   Admitted to Clearing Hospital, Claremont, WA, on 5 September 1916. Developed measles on 18 September 1916 and transferred to Perth Public Hospital on 20 September 1916. Discharged permanently unfit, Perth WA, 2 November 1916, due to nasal obstruction and chronic rhinitis.

Fate:   He married Mabel Hungerford, 4 November 1920, Brisbane Street, Methodist Church, Perth, WA.

Place of Death:   8 January 1977, Prahan, Vic.

Place of Burial:   Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham, Vic.

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