Ernest John VICKERS

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Service Number:	10686
Enlisted:	4 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Rochester, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Rochester, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telephonist
Died:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, September 1942, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Rose Urn Garden, Companion Rose/Shrub, Site 795. Interred on 8 September 1942
Memorials:	Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Rochester Holy Trinity Anglican Church Rochester & District Honor Roll

4 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 10686, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
25 May 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 10686, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 May 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 10686, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
13 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 10686, Discharged at the 3rd Military District while serving with the Australian Corps Signal Company

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Learmouth Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria

Son of William McCreely Vickers and Agnes Pattison Vickers nee Grant of Edward Street, Rochester, Victoria.

Brother of Stanley James Vickers who returned to Australia on 5 September 1919 having served with the 23rd Battalion.

Commenced return to Australia on 13 July 1919 aboard HT Persic disembarking on 29 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Brother to William Henry Vickers who returned to Australia on 9 March 1920 having served with the Australian Flying Corps