Ernest Lewis HIGNETT

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Service Number:	1285
Enlisted:	24 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Whitegate, Cheshire, England, 1877
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Merchant
Died:	Died of wounds, Egypt, 17 May 1915
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row L, Grave 186, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

24 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1285, Sydney, New South Wales
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1285, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1285, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
12 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1285, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (chest and leg)
17 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1285, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1285 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-17

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Son of George Edward and Georgina Allison Hignett. Next of kin was a Miss E.M. Hughes(aunt) of 17 Phillamore Gardens, Kensington London, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Vcitory Medal