Ernest Edwin WHEELER

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WHEELER, Ernest Edwin

Service Number:	2836
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Yan Yean, Victoria, Australia, April 1895
Home Town:	Mernda, Whittlesea, Victoria
Schooling:	Mernda State School No 488
Occupation:	Farmer - also a Draper
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 24 August 1917
Cemetery:	Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery Grave I. A. 12.,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mernda State School No 488 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2836, Melbourne, Victoria
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2836, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2836, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
24 Aug 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 2836, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2836 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-08-24

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...2836 Private Ernest Edwin Wheeler, 6th Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion, of Mernda, Vic... Pte Wheeler enlisted on 19 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ulysses on 17 October 1915. He was killed in action on 24 August 1917 in Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Next of kin-Mother, Mrs A A Goodwin, Mernda, Victoria
Enlistment date-2 August 1915
Rank on enlistment-Private

23rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/40/2
Age at embarkation
20
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 1915

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