Ernest Campbell ILETT

ILETT, Ernest Campbell

    Service Number: 454
    Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Colac, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Beeac, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Warrion, Colac-Otway, Victoria
    Schooling: Beeac State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Grazier
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beeac Presbyterian Church Honour Roll WWI, Colac Soldier's Memorial, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Warrion War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 454, Enlisted at Colac, Victoria
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 454, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 454, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Frederick Ilett and Janet Ilett nee McIntosh of 'Volinda', Warrion, Beeac, Victoria. Brother of Mildred Sydney Ilett, Evelyn Isabel S. Ilett, Herbert Frederick Ilett, Vivian Janet Ilet, Alert Clive Ilett and John Vincent Ilett

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the cadets and Citizen Forces

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