William Harold VERNON

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Service Number:	23272
Enlisted:	15 January 1916, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Newport, England, 1889
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Abbotsford, New South Wales, Australia, 1976, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

15 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 23272, Artillery Details , Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
5 Jul 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 23272, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
5 Jul 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 23272, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Ajana, Sydney
31 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade
25 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
6 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of William Harold Vernon of Lower Redland Road, Bristol, England.

Prior to arriving in Australia William served twelve months with the Royal Field Artillery Territorials.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 May 1919 aboard HT Leicestershire disembarking on 21 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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