LORIMER, Ernest Victor
| Service Number: | 3565 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balmattum, Victoria, 26 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Balmattum, Strathbogie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Balmattum State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer/Soldier/Tram Driver |
| Died: | Heart Failure, Ferntree Gully, Victoria, 12 May 1967, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Euroa Telegraph Park |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3565, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3565, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3565, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3565, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 8 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 57th Infantry Battalion, Attached to the transport section of A Company | |
| 22 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3565, 57th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs Mary Lorimer, Balmattum East, Mount Euroa, Victoria
War Service with the 57th Battalion in Egypt, France and Belgium.
Ernest Victor Lorimer on the 27th August 1915 enlisted in the AIF at Broadmeadows, Victoria and on 2nd September was transferred to Seymour where on the 19th of November he was transferred to the 8th/23rd Battalion reinforcements.
Private Ernest Victor Lorimer embarked from Melbourne on the SS Afric on 5th January 1916, and sailed for Egypt via Aden, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.
Private Ernest Victor Lorimer on the 4th April 1916 was allotted to 60th Bn, of the 15th Brigade at Ferry Post. Then later on the same day was transferred to the 57th Battalion at Ferry Post.
Ernest served out the rest of his time and action during the war with the 57th Battalion.
On the 15th of May 1919 Driver E V Lorimer boarded the R.M.S. Orontes at Devonport in Devon, England, for the return trip to Melbourne (Returned to Australia 15 May 1919) and received his army discharge papers on the 22nd of August 1919.
Received British War and Victory Medals.
Information provide by Basil Lorimer.
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