Ernest Edward WORRALL

WORRALL, Ernest Edward

    Service Number: 4618
    Enlisted: 3 August 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia, 1887
    Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
    Schooling: Humphrey Street State School Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Died of wounds, Ypres, Belgium, 26 September 1917
    Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
    Plot XX111, Row C, Grave 5A Headstone inscription reads: Duty nobly done Loved by all, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4618, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
    28 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4618, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    28 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4618, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
    12 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4618, Shell shock, bruises and concussion brought by being buried by a shell
    24 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4618, Third Ypres, Gunshot wound to the left arm and was suffering from severe shock
    26 Sep 1917: Involvement Private, 4618, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4618 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Francis Oliver Worrall and Elizabeth Worrall; husband of Violet May Worrall, Later known as Violet May Searle, of 14 Skipton Street, Ballarat, Victoria. Previously 424 Dawson Street, South Ballarat. Father of Frnacis Oliver Worrall, Vera Mavis Worrall, Reginald Jas. F. Worrall and Dorothy Hooley Worrall

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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