KING V.G.

Given Names:  Vernon Gordon

Service Number:  1052/2396A

Unit:  24th Battalion, A Company                                                                                     

Rank:  Private  

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Age:  18 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9½ In                  

Weight:  147 Lbs

Chest:  35-37½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  8/3/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Baron Albert King

37 Denmark Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  10/5/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of wounds

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Unit:  11th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                   

Rank:  Sergeant

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  19633

British War Medal:  11486

Victory Medal:  11436

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  31/5/1897

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Baron Albert KING                      

Mother:  Annie Seymour HAWLEY

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 22/10/1917                        

Place: 10th Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium                                                        

Burial:  Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium, Belgium

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Transferred to Heavy Battery Divisional Artillery on 17/9/1915

Promoted to Sergeant on 30/6/1916

Wounded in action 21/10/1917 at Passchendael (Anzac Ridge); shrapnel wound, right leg, forearm and abdomen

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew State School

Trinity Grammar

Holy Trinity Church

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 336415

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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