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CARNE, Ernest William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 546 |
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Enlisted: | 12 April 1916, Place of Enlistment Cairns, Queensland. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Herberton, Queensland, Australia, 11 February 1891 |
Home Town: | Einasleigh, Etheridge, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Sanitary Contractor |
Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 16 October 1917, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery Plot A 22., Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Georgetown Etheridge War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 546, 11th Machine Gun Company, Place of Enlistment Cairns, Queensland. | |
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14 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 546, 11th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
14 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 546, 11th Machine Gun Company, RMS Osterley, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
Ernest William Carne
Born 11th Feburary, 1891 at Herberton, Queensland son of Ernest Edward Carne (1867-1940) and Verbena Henrietta Margaret Sophia Dempsey (873-1956). He married Annie Violet Ruby Jackson (1895-1961) in 1912 in Queensland and had two daughters.
Submitted 19 April 2015 by Kay Cole