Ernest Samuel (Ern) POWELL

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POWELL, Ernest Samuel

Service Number:	2723
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Clarendon, South Australia, 11 March 1888
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Kensington Gardens, South Australia, 10 February 1961, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

23 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2723, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
23 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2723, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Wounded 2723, 50th Infantry Battalion

Gunshot wound. Left leg amputation.

2.4.1917 in 50th Batt attack at Noreuil, France, gunshot wound to both legs.
Captured at Noreuil, POW to Germany. Posted as Missing in Action. Russian POW doctor amputates left leg below knee. Rtd to Aust 17.9.18, discharged medically unfit.

Submitted 28 December 2024 by max slee

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