MACK, Ernest Harold
| Service Number: | 66 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1914, A Squadron |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Gnarkeet, Victoria, Australia, 21 March 1886 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Wounds, NZ Field Ambulance, Egypt, 23 December 1916, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Row F, Grave 164 Buried by Chaplain Capt Williams NZ Forces |
| Memorials: | Camperdown War Memorial, Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour, Lismore War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 66, 8th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron | |
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| 1 Jan 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 66, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 66, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 22 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 66, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Promoted 2nd Lieutenant in the Field ANZAC | |
| 30 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 66, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Evacuated Post Battle for the Nek with Enteric Fever to England for Treatment | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Promoted to Substantive Rank of Lieutenant (Troop Commander) On reorganisation of Unit | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 66, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Struck off Strength Died of Wounds received in Action GSW Thigh Battle of Magdabah Sinai | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-12-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gallipoli, 1915
Lieut. Ernest 'Ernie' Harold Mack #66,
8th (Victoria) Light Horse.
He would be slightly wounded - concussion- on the 7th. It was he said "a marvellous escape" as a black cricket ball bomb exploded close to his leg, "the concussion was so great that it turned me completely over and the only thing I had to show for it was a few ragged tears in my uniform."
Dysentery would get him, like so many others and he ended up convalescing in England. When he rejoined his unit in March 1916, they were based in Egypt, part of the newly formed Anzac Mounted Division.
He was mortally wounded on 23rd December 1916 during the Battle of Magdhaba, on the Sinai peninsula, Egypt. Admitted to the New Zealand Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance with GSW's to the thigh, he succumbed to his wounds later that day. He was 29.
Today, he is commemorated at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt
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