BARING, Ernest
| Service Number: | 1756 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1916, Enlisted at Griffith |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Northam, Devon., 1889 |
| Home Town: | Griffith, Griffith, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Norwich Grammar School and Haileybury College in Hertfordshire |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, near Lagnicourt, France, 2 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Vaulx Hill Cemetery Grave I. H. 20., Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Vaulx, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Griffith Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 1756, Enlisted at Griffith | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1756, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1756, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1756, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1756 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1889 Baring Ernest Bideford 5b 510a.
1756 56th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force.
He was one of four Baring brothers who made the supreme sacrifice. Private Charles Alexander Baring died whilst serving with Australian forces; his brothers, Second Lieutenant Cecil Christopher Baring and Second Lieutenant Reginald Arthur Baring were killed whilst serving with British forces. They are remembered on the Sudbury War Memorial.
Ernest Baring, one of seven children of Rev. Francis Henry and Amy Baring was born at Northam, Devon in 1889, where his father was Rector. Prior to his parents moving to India around 1897, his father was recorded in 1896 as ‘a Rector in Suffolk’, but by 1901 his widowed Mother was back in England living at Verne House Newton Road, Sudbury.
Ernest attended Norwich Grammar School and Haileybury College in Hertfordshire. He had emigrated to Australia by 1911 and was working as a farmer. Ernest enlisted in Griffith, New South Wales on 22 January 1916 to serve with the Australian Infantry. He is recorded as being 5ft 5 inches in height, weighing 133 pounds with a 39 inch chest, brown eyes and hair and dark complexion.
Ernest embarked in Sydney on HMAT Ceramic on 17 May 1916 bound for Port Said where he transferred to the troopship ‘Ivernia’ bound for Egypt where the battalion trained in preparation before heading to France. By the end of December Ernest had been promoted to Lance Corporal and Corporal (Temporary) within a day.
In February 1917 the Germans had started to withdraw their army to the Hindenburg Line and the Australian Forces pursued the enemy. Ernest was reported wounded on 4 February 1917 and evacuated to a casualty clearing station. He was then transferred to a military hospital at Rouen as he had received a gunshot wound. On 7 March Ernest returned to his battalion where fierce fighting continued as they finally gained possession of the ruined villages of Vaulx-Vraucourt, Morchies and Beaumetz.
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