Ernest Hugh William ANNETT

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ANNETT, Ernest Hugh William

Service Number:	3596
Enlisted:	3 July 1917, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 15 February 1895
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Richmond Hill State School Qld.
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Pleurisy whilst Prisoner of War, France, 4 August 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Le Cateau Military Cemetery I B 97
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

3 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3596, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW
2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 3596, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
2 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 3596, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney
4 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 3596, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3596 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-04

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Hugh and Isabella ANNETT nee SMITH, of Verdun St., West Kogarah, New South Wales.

HOME AT LAST, THY LABOUR DONE SAFE AND BLEST THE VICTORY WON

ANNETT.-In loving niemory of our dear son and brother. Private Ernest Hugh William Annett, 35th Battalion, A.I.F. who died August 4, 1918, at Le Cateau, France
Thy memory ever dear.
Inserted by his loving mother and brothers.

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