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VICTOR, Ernest Rohert Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7968 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1917, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Mount Barker, South Australia, 14 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 6 February 1941, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Methodist area 2, Section Y, Grave 402y |
| Memorials: | Kadina & District WW1 Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 7968, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 7968, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 7968, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 27 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), In France | |
| 18 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 7968, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3 Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Victor and Johanna Victor nee Stevens of Mount Barker, SA.
Husband of Muriel Vera Victor nee Farley of Clark Street, Prahran, Victoria. Ernest and Muriel married during 1917c in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 20 June 1919 aboard Konig Frederick August disembarking on 6 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal