Ernest Edward YATES

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Service Number:	3534
Enlisted:	20 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Employment Company
Born:	Dublin, Ireland, 1893
Home Town:	Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

20 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3534, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3534, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3534, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3534, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the right hand. Transferred to England on 21 July 1916
13 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 1st Battalion
11 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Employment Company, From 53rd Battalion
20 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3534, Australian Employment Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of F. Yates of Cecil Avenue, Devon, England

Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on the 26 April 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal