Ernest Wentworth (Ern) KING

KING, Ernest Wentworth

    Service Numbers: 278, N266515
    Enlisted: 23 October 1914, Ernest Enlisted in Sydney when he was 23. He trained at Broadmeadows in Melbourne and embarked from Melbourne on the Ulysses. The ship left Albany in December 1914 and arrived in Egypt in February 1915. Under Col. John Monash the 13th took part in the landings and arrived late (around 9pm) on the 25th April 1915. Within the first week Ernest was in position at Quinns Post where he was wounded. He returned home via Lemnos & Egypt with ongoing life long disabilities, he had lost the use of both his right hand and arm and was discharged on the 29/07/15 The WW2 enlistment & Discharge dates & numbers are nothing to do with this Ernest Wentworth King.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia , 27 May 1891
    Home Town: Carlton, Kogarah, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Jeweller
    Died: Natural Causes , Orient Point, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, 3 February 1962, aged 70 years
    Cemetery: Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 278, 13th Infantry Battalion, Ernest Enlisted in Sydney when he was 23. He trained at Broadmeadows in Melbourne and embarked from Melbourne on the Ulysses. The ship left Albany in December 1914 and arrived in Egypt in February 1915. Under Col. John Monash the 13th took part in the landings and arrived late (around 9pm) on the 25th April 1915. Within the first week Ernest was in position at Quinns Post where he was wounded. He returned home via Lemnos & Egypt with ongoing life long disabilities, he had lost the use of both his right hand and arm and was discharged on the 29/07/15 The WW2 enlistment & Discharge dates & numbers are nothing to do with this Ernest Wentworth King.

    World War 2 Service

    8 Apr 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N266515
    19 Jul 1943: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N266515

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