Ernest William HOUSE

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Service Number:	3675
Enlisted:	8 January 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Memorials:

8 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3675, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 3675, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 3675, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
1 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, In France
8 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3675, 35th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the left shoulder and both hips. Invalided to England on 24 August 1918
5 May 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3675, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of William House and Mary Ann House of Sydney, NSW.

Husband of Cecilia Melissa House nee Sperring of Louisa Street, Auburn, NSW. Ernest and Cecilia married during 1907c in Sydney, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 September 1919 aboard HT Raranga disembarking on 29 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal