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WELSMAN, Ernest Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 731 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glenelg, South Australia, 16 January 1889 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Kalgoolie State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 13 July 1915, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Originally interred in Brown's Dip Cemetery; re-interred in 1923 to Lone Pine Cemetery; Plot 1, Row D, Grave 24; Chaplain T.G. Robertson officiated. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Goldfields First Enlistments WWI Roll of Honor, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 731, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement 731, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked 731, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 13 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 731, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 731 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-07-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Hubert Welsman and Blanche DWelby Welsman nee Chambers of 126 Cheetham Street, Kalgoolie, WA formerly of South Australia. Brother of Hubert Charles Welsman and Clifford Alan Welsman
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served for 6 years with a volunteer batallion
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