Ernest John PIRANI

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PIRANI, Ernest John

Service Number:	3924
Enlisted:	28 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Armadale, Victoria, Australia, 17 October 1896
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Kalgoorlie State School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Apprentice Fitter
Died:	Exploding shell, Pozieres, France, 25 July 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bassendean War Memorial, Kalgoorlie Central School Honour Roll, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Midland Railway Workshops Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3924, 11th Infantry Battalion
22 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3924, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3924, 11th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Fremantle
25 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Ernest John PIRANI was born in 1896 at Armadale, Melbourne, Victoria

His parents were John PIRANI and Isabella WATSON

He had previously served for 13th months with the 88th Infantry Battalion before he enlisted in Perth, WA on 28th August, 1915 and embarked with the 11th Infantry Battalion, 12th reinforcements from Fremantle WA on the ship RMS Mongolia

Ernest was Killed in Action due to an exploding shell on 25th July, 1916 at Pozieres, France - he has no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Villers Bretonneux Memorial

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

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