Ernest Alfred GUNTHER

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Service Numbers:	2665, 2665B
Enlisted:	27 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Adelaide, South Australia, 21 July 1898
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Gilles Street Primary School, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation:	Wicker Worker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 9 November 1916, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide St Patrick's Parish Honor Board, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

27 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2665, 27th Infantry Battalion
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2665, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2665, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2665B, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2665B awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-09

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Son of Ernest Charles GUNTHER and Florence Mary MACE.

Brother of Robert

Ernest Alfred GUNTHER enlisted 6 days after his 17th birthday with a permission note from his mother Mary.

He noted that he was 19 years of age on his attestation papers.