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HAY, Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4803 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Aberdeen, Scotland, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Courcelette British Cemetery, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4803, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4803, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4803, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 4803, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4803 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Son of the Late Alexander Cowie Hay, conductor of Hays Select Choir, Aberdeen, Scotland. His younger brother, 4804 Private Arthur Hay, also of the 51st Battalion, was killed in action on the same day at Mouquet Farm in France. Both men had arrived in Western Australia from Scotland in around 1910. Neither of the brothers has a known grave.