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MYERS, Ernest Samuel Gordon

Service Number:	2490
Enlisted:	13 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Rye, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Rye, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling:	Rye State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 16 November 1916
Cemetery:	Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 18,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rye & District Pictorial Honour Roll, Rye Private Ernest Myers Memorial Plaque, Rye State School Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2490, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
29 Sep 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2490, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1915:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 2490, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
11 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Egypt
30 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2490, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières
14 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2490, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, SW to chest sustained at Flers. Evacuated to 1st ANZAC Medical Dressing Station, where he died of his wounds two days later on 16 November 1916.
16 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2490, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2490 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-16

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