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Vernon John WICKENS

Regimental number2086
Other NamesWICKINS
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address83 Gunn Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs H Wickens, 83 Gunn Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Enlistment date9 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records28
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania. Parents: Vernon Evan (d. 14 March 1915, aged 55; bu. Cornelian Bay Cemetery) and Mary WICKENS (d. 11 April 1943; bu. Cornelian Bay Cemetery)
Family/military connectionsBrother: 91 Pte Rupert George WICKENS, 12th Bn, killed in action, 6-10 April 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death1 January 1996

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