Ernest PATCHING

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Service Number:	212
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Bankstown, Bankstown, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 16 January 1934, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Randwick General Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:	Lane Cove Great War Roll of Honour

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 212, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 212, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 212, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
8 May 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 212, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to cardiac myocarditis

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Son of George and Alice Patching of Roberts Road, Bankstown, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 20 March 1915 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on the 4 April 1915

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