Ernest Edwin PONTING

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Service Numbers:	2044, 271, 2044, 2004, 271, 271
Enlisted:	14 October 1914, Enlisted in Melbourne
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd Field Ambulance
Born:	Garvoc, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Glenormiston North, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Noorat, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Ypres, Belgium, 23 September 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XX1V, Row A, Grave 1A Headstone inscription reads: Loved son of G. & S. Ponting, Noorat, Victoria , Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Terang 100th Centenary of Armistice Remembering Our Fallen, Terang War Memorial

14 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2044, 271, Enlisted in Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 2044, 2nd Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 2044, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 2004, 271, Third Ypres, Penetrating shell wound to the chest
23 Sep 1917:	Involvement Driver, 271, 2nd Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 271 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-09-23

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Son of George and Susannah Ponting of Princess Street, Warrnambool

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