Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Venables Vernon

Service number 659
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Trooper
Birth Date 1877-02-20
Birth Place United Kingdom: England
Death Date 1935-07-03
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column
  • New South Wales Lancers
Place England
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1915-11-05
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-01-27
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

Collection items

    Media


    An Australian party crossing the Nile to visit the tombs of the Pharaohs. Identified, left to ...

    An inspection and review by General Sir W R Birdwood of the 4th Division Artillery squaring up on ...

    Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. An ...

    The review and inspection of the 4th Divisional Artillery by General Sir William Riddell ...

    ROSEBERY, NSW. 1914. THREE MEMBERS OF THE 1ST LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT (NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS) WITH ...

    ROSEBERY, NSW. 1914. MAJOR HUGH VENABLES VERNON, SECOND IN COMMAND, 1ST LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT (NEW ...

    Document


    AWM224 MSS20 - [Unit manuscript histories:] 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers: Pre-federation to 1943, by Lt Col P V Vernon

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls:

    Unit
    New South Wales Lancers
    Conflict
    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
    Rank
    Trooper

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13565 at position 14
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 842 at position 126

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    05 November 1915 on page 11002 at position 8
    Commonwealth Gazette
    27 January 1916 on page 156 at position 40

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    01 June 1917 on page 5420 at position 84
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2623 at position 19

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    01 January 1918 on page 28 at position 65
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 846 at position 102

Timeline

Date of birth 20 February 1877
Date of enlistment 22 August 1914
Date of embarkation 20 October 1914
Date of recommendation honour or award 19 January 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 06 February 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 14 February 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 04 March 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 26 April 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 09 August 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 06 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 20 September 1917
Date returned to Australia 03 November 1918
Date returned to Australia 03 November 1918
Date of death 03 July 1935

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