RENN, Ernest George
| Service Number: | 546 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia , 20 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 15 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 546, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 546, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Ernest George RENN (Service Number 546) was born in Pyrmont on 20th August 1892. He joined the NSW Government Railways as a junior porter in the Sydney District in 1912. In August 1914 he enlisted in the AIF in Sydney.
He was allotted to the 1st Battalion. He embarked from Sydney in October 1914. In April 1915 he was embarked from Alexandria for Gallipoli. He was wounded in the fighting at the landing there sometime between 25th and 29th April 1915. His family in Australia were advised of this in June. In November 1915 he was posted ‘wounded and missing’ In January 1916 a Court of Enquiry convened by the military authorities in Egypt determined that he must have been killed in action when first posted wounded.
He has no known grave but is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.