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WOOKEY, Ernest Theodore
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2314, 1444 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 November 1914, The SN 1444 was crossed out and 2314 replaced it. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Great Doddington, Northamptonshire, England, 30 December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Bronchopneumonia, Lung Cancer, Rectal Cancer, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 14 May 1956, aged 60 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 2314, 6 Infantry Battalion AMF, The SN 1444 was crossed out and 2314 replaced it. | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, SN 1444, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, SN 1444, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 5 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, SN 2314, 6 Infantry Battalion AMF, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
| 27 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 2314, 56 Infantry Battalion AMF, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 28 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, SN 2314, 59th Infantry Battalion, Left England 8 November 1818 and arrived in Australia 20 November 1818. He was returned for "Debility". Ernie was blind, shell shocked and full of shrapnel and lived in the Caulfield Hospital for about 17 months until his discharge in March 1920. |
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