Vernon Harry BRANWHITE

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BRANWHITE, Vernon Harry

Service Number:	1222
Enlisted:	21 February 1884
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	Royal Field Artillery
Born:	Long Melford, Suffolk, England, 1865
Home Town:	Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 13 March 1942, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:	Orange Soudan (Sudan) Contingent Pictorial Honour Roll

Sudan (1885) Service

21 Feb 1884:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Driver, 1222, Royal Field Artillery
3 Mar 1885:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Driver, 1222, Royal Field Artillery, date of return 23 June 1885 per SS Arab
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Bradley Bliss

Vernon Branwhite enlisted in the New South Wales Artillery on 21 February 1884. He was allocated Regimental Number 1222.

On Attestation he stated we was a Butcher, age 20 years 3 months. He is recorded as 5 Feet 7.5 Inches tall, with grey eyes and light brown hair, fresh complexion and his religion was Church of England.

Vernon Branwhite served as a Driver with the Artillery of the New South Wales Contingent in the Sudan. He was awarded the Africa Medal with Suakin Bar, Khedive’s Star and the Sydney Lord Mayor’s Medallet.

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