John Ernest PORTIELS

PORTIELS, John Ernest

    Service Number: 1164
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Kensington, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 55th Infantry Battalion
    Born: North Sydney, New South Wales, 17 July 1892
    Home Town: Kensington, Randwick, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Seaman
    Died: Natural causes, Randwick Hospital, New South Wales, 24 October 1943, aged 51 years
    Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
    Catholic Section - L3/0030
    Memorials: East Killara North Sydney Technical High School WW1 Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1164, Kensington, New South Wales
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1164, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1164, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1164, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    26 Apr 1915: Wounded Private, 1164, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (right arm)
    13 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion
    6 Nov 1916: Wounded Private, 1164, 55th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, 2nd occasion - Shell shock
    24 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1164, 55th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Paula Sheldrick

    Son of Julian and Marguerite

    "PORTEILS.- October 24, 1943, at Military Hospital Randwick, John Ernest, original Anzac, late 3rd and 55th Batt., A.I.F., beloved son of Mrs. M. Porteils and the late Julien, aged 51 years. Requiescat in pace." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 25 Oct 1943 (nla.gov.au)

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