Ernest Edmond YATES

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Service Number:	2052
Enlisted:	20 July 1917, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 4 February 1881
Home Town:	North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1 November 1954, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Liverpool Cemetery and Crematorium, Sydney, NSW General section, Row J, Grave 9
Memorials:

20 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2052, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
26 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 2052, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
26 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 2052, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, SS Indarra, Melbourne
5 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, From Machine Gun Companies & Battalions
8 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2052, 47th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to abdominal growth

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Husband of Jane Yates nee Johnstone of Abbotsford Street, Melbourne North, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 21 July 1918 aboard HT Boonah disembarking on the 20 September 1919 at Meblourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medal: British War Medal