Ernest Frederick YATES

YATES, Ernest Frederick

Service Number: 5414
Enlisted: 19 May 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Lake Plains, Milang, South Australia, 18 February 1893
Home Town: Milang, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling: Lake Plains Public School, South Australia
Occupation: Fisherman
Died: Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Langhorne Creek Brinkley District WW1 Roll of Honour, Milang War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

19 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5414, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
12 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 5414, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
12 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 5414, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Yates and Mary Ellen Yates nee Coppins of Milang, SA

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal