Ernest Ludwig GROSS

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Service Number:	106
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Beenleigh, Queensland, 20 November 1891
Home Town:	New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	New Farm State School
Occupation:	Tailor's cutter and presser
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 106, Brisbane, Queensland
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 106, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 106, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 106, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
5 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 106, 49th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 106 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-04-05

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"SERGEANT ERNEST L. GROSS, Son of Mrs. Gross, Merthyr-road, New Farm : killed in action April 5. He enlisted in August, 1914." - from the Queenslander 13 Jul 1918 (nla.gov.au)

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