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VERCOE, Arthur Bowen
Personal Details
Service Number: | 28995 |
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Enlisted: | 6 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 3rd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries |
Born: | Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, 1870 |
Home Town: | Northbridge, Willoughby, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
6 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 28995, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 28995, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 28995, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
14 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 28995, 3rd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism and senility |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Emily Adelina Vercoe nee Parry of North Bridge, North Sydney, NSW. Arthur and Emily married during 1913c in Balmain, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 6 July 1917
Medal: British War Medal