Ernest Martin FARRELL

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Service Number:	1470
Enlisted:	12 November 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom, April 1888
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Shell Explosion, Dead Man's Ridge, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Panel 53 , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

12 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1470, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1470, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1470, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
2 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1470, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Residential address at the time of enlistment was 'Bonnie Doon', Porter Street, Kalgoolie, WA. Bonnie Doon was a gold mine

Son of G.W. and Mary Farrell of Battersea, London, England

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