MILDENHALL, Ernest Henry
| Service Number: | 4176 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Buchan South Victoria, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Buchan South, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Buchan South State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4176, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4176, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 4176, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4176 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-09 |
Letter from Ernest to his mother
When I read this letter from my Uncle Ernest to his Mother - my Grandmother it always brings a tear to the eye. This was the last letter his parents received before he was killed.
TRUE COPY FROM THE WAR RECORDS AT NAA.
France
August 31st 1917
Dear Mum
Just a few lines to let you know I am allright
Hoping this will find you the same. I have been in the
firing line again and came out again without a scratch
We had 6 days in this time. Poor old Harry McKie he is
missing as far as I can find out. I tell you Mum I haven’t
got an old cobber left now poor old Harry and I used to get
on well together his mother will be broke up over it.
I haven’t seen Vic since we came out but I hope to very
soon so I can tell him. I saw Billy Slocombe the other
day he’s in the same lot as Jim (Jim is Ernest’s brother) and
he told me Jim’s allright as he saw him that day. One feels lost
without his old cobber with him but its no use fetting over…
Your loving son
(sgnd) E.H. Milendhall)
Submitted 20 April 2015 by Dorothy Chiron