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WOODIN, Ernest Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 312 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1915, Enlisted at Ouyen, Victoria Attestation papers give his unit as 21st Battalion and not 24th Battalion |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Shorncliffe, Folkestone, England, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ouyen, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness - Elilepticus, At sea (HS Oxfordshire), 12 December 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave,buried at sea Panel 65 Chaplain W.L. Jansen officiated, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 312, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ouyen, Victoria Attestation papers give his unit as 21st Battalion and not 24th Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 312, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 312, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 12 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 312, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 312 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-12-12 |
Personal Stories
Cause of death
He died at sea on the hospital ship Oxfordshire of status epilepticus
Submitted 21 October 2018 by rhiannon urquhart
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Charles and Ada Woodin of Army Service Barracks, Tidworth, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal