Ernest Stanley VARCOE

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Service Number:	4265
Enlisted:	21 August 1915, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	New Gisborne, Gisborne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 5 December 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Terang Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholica, Section 5, Grave 75
Memorials:	Gisborne Macedon Roll of Honour, Gisborne War Memorial, New Gisborne Public School No 467 Roll of Honor

21 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4265, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4265, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4265, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
3 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Police
1 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, From ANZAC Police
12 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4265, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of George Henry Varcoe and Emily Jane Varcoe nee Kimpton of New Gisborne, Victoria, Australia.

Commenced return to Australia on 29 May 1919 aboard HT Rio Negro disembarking on 22 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c Ernest married Alice Vera Dunstan in Victoria, Australia