Ernest CONGDON

Ernest CONGDON Update Details

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Service Number:	3300
Enlisted:	21 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Imperial Force
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 8 December 1900
Home Town:	Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor mechanic, Manager of service station
Died:	Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, 14 June 1981, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Garden of Remembrance, CR.32.111
Memorials:

21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11th Infantry Battalion
21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 3300
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3300, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3300, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, 3300, 1st Pioneer Battalion, GSW to side and chest 3 Oct 1916, Transferred to England.
3 Oct 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3300, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Gunshot wound to side and chest. Admitted 1st Field Ambulance H36, then 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital Boulogne, transferred to England (1st Western General (Ionic St Auxillary) Hospital 8 Oct 1916.
30 Jan 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3300, Australian Imperial Force, Transferred to Australian Mechanical Transport Service Chelsea - 30 Jan 1917.

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