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PALMER, Ernest Fairley
Personal Details
Service Number: | 622 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Mechanic and Driver |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 14 January 1918, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Lancashire Cottage Cemetery Grave III. C. 9. INSCRIPTION GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN , Lancashire Cottage Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 622, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 622, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
14 Jan 1918: | Involvement 622, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 622 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-01-14 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
19th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Lance Sergeant Palmer was 25 and the son of Edgar and Lily May Palmer. Native of Balmain, New South Wales.
He is honoured on the war memorials at Surbiton and in Kingston-upon-Thames Congregational (now United Reformed} Church.