Ernest Albert ARMSTEAD

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ARMSTEAD, Ernest Albert

Service Number:	3143
Enlisted:	30 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Shields, England, 1894
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sailor
Died:	Died of Illness - Cardiac Disease, Caulfield Repatriation Hospital, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia , 26 September 1918
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England ZA 865
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World War 1 Service

30 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3143, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3143, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3143, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of James Mason.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Albert Armstead & Elizabeth Armstead née McGlashan

It appears that Ernest had previously deserted from the Navy on 25 June, 1915 - Ernest Albert ARMSTREAD, Stoker, 2nd class, born in Geelong Victoria, 20 years of age, 5 feet 6 3/4 inches high, fresh complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, scars on left wrist and above right eye, tattoos ship and flags left forearm. This is possbily why he enlisted in the Army under the alias of James Mason.

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