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POLLITT, Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 907 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 December 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Leigh, Lancashire, England, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Silkstone, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 3 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 31, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Booval War Memorial, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Ipswich Star of Silkstone 4949 GUOOF, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 907, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 907, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 907, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Transferred from the 42nd Battalion to the the 11th Light Trench Mortar | |
| 1 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery, In the field | |
| 3 Jul 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 907, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 907 awm_unit: 11th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-07-03 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Abraham and Emma Pollitt of Railway Street, Booval, QLD, formerly of Silkstone, Ipswich, QLD
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal