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  • Kew
  • Victoria, Australia
  • Kew
  • Son of Baron Albert and Annie Seymour King, of 37, Denmark St., Kew, Victoria, Australia; Descendant of Phillip Gidley King, Third Governor of New South Wales; Vernon’s brother was 1425 Captain Dorian Baron Arthur King (MC) of the 1st Division Artillery who returned to Australia on 30 August 1918.
  • Clerk
  • Remembered at Korumburra Cenotaph, Poowong Cenotaph and Honour Roll, Korumburra and District Honor Roll, Former Shire Office Honor Roll.

Military service

  • Enlisted 8 March 1915, Melbourne
  • 2396A
  • Serjeant
  • 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
  • 11th Brigade Australian Field Artillery
  • 24 - Bn -
  • Embarked 10 May 1915, Melbourne, with service n°1052, A Coy, 24th Bn; transferred to Heavy Battery Divisional Artillery on 17 September 1915; promoted Sergeant on 30 June 1916

Death

  • 21 October 1917, Anzac Ridge
  • Died of shrapnel wounds right leg, right forearm and abdomen, n°10 CCS
  • 20
  • XXII - B - 18

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