Ernest Frederick VIVIAN

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VIVIAN, Ernest Frederick

Service Number:	2743
Enlisted:	8 May 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1875
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Gold Street State School, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917
Cemetery:	Dochy Farm New British Cemetery Plot 1V, Row B, Grave 9. Headstone inscription reads: Missed by his wife Mourned by his children
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

8 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2743, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2743, 57th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2743, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
25 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 66th Infantry Battalion, From 57th Battalion
2 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 66th Battalion
13 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 2743, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2743 awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-13

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Ernest Vivian and Caroline Vivian nee Middlwton of Collingwood, Victoria.

Husband of Alice Harriet Vivian nee Godden of Collins Street, Thornbury, Victoria. Ernest and Alice married during 1899c in Victoria.

Father of Eva M. Vivian, Edward G. Vivian, Doris L. Vivian, Basil John Vivian and Thomas E. Vivian.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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