English Māori Vernon Edward Challis Born 23 May 1891 - Died 23 June 1916 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 12/3290 AWMM Artillery No 12/3530, previously 3/855 Public - Graham - Other relative - 16 May 2018 - Military Personnel File Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Sergeant AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesVernon Edward AWMM SurnameChallis AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 12/3290 AWMM Artillery No 12/3530, previously 3/855 Public - Graham - Other relative - 16 May 2018 - Military Personnel File GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Report › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth23 May 1891 AWMM Invercargill, Southland AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notesBorn Vernon Edmund KEAST to Mr & Mrs Edmund KEAST, he was later fostered by Mr & Mrs Percy Edward CH Public - Graham - Other relative - 16 May 2018 - Military Personnel File & family history research. Address before enlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM Retreat, Lower Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationWW1 P.E. Challis (father), Grasmere, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 14 December 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM CampaignGallipoli in the NZ Field Artillery, Western Front in the Infantry Public - Graham - Other relative - 16 May 2018 - Military Personnel File Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 12/3290 AWMM Artillery No 12/3530, previously 3/855 Public - Graham - Other relative - 16 May 2018 - Military Personnel File Military service1911-1914 NZ Field Artillery Territorials, 1915-1916 WWI. Public - Graham - Other relative - 16 May 2018 - Military Personnel File Promotions/ Postings/ TransfersTemporary sergeant May 1916. Public - Graham - Other relative - 16 May 2018 - Military Personnel File Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 14 December 1914 AWMM from AWMMHMNZT 13 or HMNZT 14 or HMNZT 15 AWMM Vessel was Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter AWMM Sergeant AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM WW1 13 November 1915 AWMM from AWMMHMNZT 35 or HMNZT 36 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM Previously wounded at Gallipoli 1915. Public - Graham - Other relative - 18 May 2018 - Military Personnel File Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Sergeant AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Vernon Challis was the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Challis, of Invercargill, New Zealand.Rank last held was listed as Temporary Sergeant. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death23 June 1916 AWMM AWMM Date of death Age at death25 Public - Graham - Other relative - 16 May 2018 - Military Personnel File Place of death Cause of deathDied of wounds AWMM Death notes CemeteryBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM II. E. 173. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameAuckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Vernon Edward Challis by laying a poppy. Lyndsay Pollock Challis Percy Edwin Challis Vernon Edward Challis Victor Robert Young Challis William Charles Challis Lay a poppy for 2020 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Vernon Edward Challis Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21893312 Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/198725/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/198725 Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Page No: 119 AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol. 5: Includes portrait AWMM Contributors Processing Command item Command item Add new record Refresh DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact 18 May 2018GrahamWilton, Wiltshire, UKOther relative The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
