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FORTY, Ernest Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 380 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Bakery and Butchery |
| Born: | Balnarring, Victoria, Australia, 16 September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Fairfield Park, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coachbuilder |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 July 1975, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Dromana War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 380, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 380, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 380, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 7 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 380, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Landed Gallipoli. | |
| 28 Feb 1916: | Transferred Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to 59th Infantry Battalion Canal Zone. Taken on Strength Tel-El-Kebir | |
| 18 Jun 1916: | Embarked 380, 59th Infantry Battalion, Boarded HMS Kinfauns Castle at Alexandria. To join BEF France. Disembarked Marseilles 29 June 1916 | |
| 24 Mar 1917: | Wounded Private, 380, Wounded in Action GSW Left Thigh | |
| 29 Mar 1917: | Embarked On H.S. Warilda for England. GSW Left Thigh | |
| 20 Jul 1917: | Transferred 59th Infantry Battalion, Rejoined Unit ex Wounded | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Wounded 59th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in Action (second occasion) GSW left arm, thigh and buttock | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Transferred 59th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to England, to Norfolk & Norwich Hospital GSW left arm, thigh and buttock | |
| 18 May 1918: | Transferred 59th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Battalion ex Wounded, from Overseas Training Brigade Longbridge Deverill via Folkestone England and Etaples France | |
| 30 Aug 1918: | Wounded Third occasion. GSW arm and right thigh | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF Depot, Marched in Australian Infantry Base Depot, Havre ex Wounded | |
| 7 Oct 1918: | Transferred 1st Field Bakery and Butchery, detached for duty from Australian Infantry Base Depot to 1st Australian Field Bakery | |
| 5 Mar 1919: | Embarked Returned to Australia per HS "Nevasa" Disembarked 25 April 1919 3rd Military District (Victoria). Unauthorised embarkation (stowaway). | |
| 24 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 3rd Military District |
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