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CAIRNS, Ernest Charles Joseph

Service Numbers:	3535, 3535A
Enlisted:	27 October 1917, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 25 October 1896
Home Town:	Boneo, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Wondai, Queensland, Australia, 6 November 1939, aged 43 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wondai Cemetery, Qld Plot info: Church of England, Row H, #152
Memorials:	Dromana War Memorial, Flinders WWI War Memorial

World War 1 Service

27 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3535, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Vic.
2 Feb 1918:	Involvement Private, 3535, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1918:	Embarked Private, 3535, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
29 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Palestine. Allotted new SN 3535A.
19 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 3535A, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Megiddo - Syria 1918
15 Jun 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 3535A, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Embarked Kantara, Egypt, per HT Essex. Disembarked Melbourne 25 July, 1919
17 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 3535A, 4th Light Horse Regiment, RTA 15 June 1919 and discharged (TPE).

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