BERNAU, Ernest Victor
| Service Number: | 1193 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | 6 December 1955, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Bendigo St. John's Presbyterian Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1193, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1193, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Larna Malone
Ernest Victor Bernau was born in Bendigo, the son of Mrs Susan Bernau. The family later moved to 119 Fawkner Street, North Fitzroy.
Ernest Victor Bernau was one month short of his 32nd birthday when he enlisted in Echuca. He was a Miner, and had worked in Broken Hill prior to enlisting. He was 5’ 6½” tall, and had dark hair. He Attested for Service at Broadmeadows on 8.10.14 and was appointed to the 14th Battalion with Service No. 1193. The Battalion embarked for overseas on 22.12.14.
The 14th Battalion was part of the 4th Australian Brigade under Colonel Monash. This Brigade formed part of the New Zealand and Australian Division. The Battalion landed at Anzac Cove on the morning of 26th April and then moved to Quinn’s Post and Courtney’s Post, on the heights above Monash Valley.
“He was in the landing in April and spent some weeks in the trenches before he was wounded. He was engaged sapping, and was blown up by a shell.” [Bendigo Advertiser 10 December 1915]
On 19.9.15 Ernest Victor Bernau re-joined the 14th Battalion at Mudros, on the island of Lemnos, where the battalion had been withdrawn for a rest period. On 4.10.15 he was admitted to hospital in Mudros, suffering from Pyrexia, later described as Neurasthenia. (i.e. nervous debility. This was a common diagnosis for shell shock). From Mudros he was sent to hospital in England. Following discharge from hospital he embarked for Egypt, and re-joined the battalion on 2.4.16. On 13.5.16 he was transferred to the 4th Training Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir.
On 8.8.16 he embarked for Return to Australia for Discharge, Medically Unfit. (Concussion & Neurasthenia)
“The Men Listed on the Roll of Honour, St John’s Presbyterian Church, Bendigo”: Larna Malone
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