Detail victim

Name KING
Initials VG
First name VERNON GORDON
Place of birth Kew
Country Victoria, Australia
Last residence Kew
Family 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.
Profession Clerk
Extra info Remembered at Korumburra Cenotaph, Poowong Cenotaph and Honour Roll, Korumburra and District Honor Roll, Former Shire Office Honor Roll.

Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 8 March 1915, Melbourne
Service number 2396A
Rank Serjeant
Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
Regiment and unit 11th Brigade Australian Field Artillery
Army - Corps - Division 4th Australian Division
National force A.I.F.
Attached or transferred from 24 - Bn -
Other data related to military career 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

Wounded 21 October 1917, Anzac Ridge
Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds right leg, right forearm and abdomen, n°10 CCS
Date of death 22 October 1917
Died at the age of 20
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXII - B - 18