VERNALL, Charles Frederick
(Service number 3/1288)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Oamaru | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs H. G. VERNALL (wife), Otekaike, near Oamaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 8th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Medical Corps | ||
| Date | 13 November 1915 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Machine Gun Corps | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 5 May 1945 | Age | 70 yrs (74/75) |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Rotorua Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Sources
Cenotaph Database [07 September 2014]; Burial records Rotorua Cemetery (Rotorua District Council) [07 September 2014]; Rotorua Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG microfiches) [11 September 2014]
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