RENDELL, Ernest Ronan Gotbed
| Service Number: | 2765 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1916, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 31 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | West Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Book-keeper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 10 October 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot: XL Row: E Grave: 18, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2765, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 29 Dec 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2765, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' |
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| 29 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2765, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle | |
| 10 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2765, 44th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2765 awm_unit: 44th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-10 |
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Ernest Ronan Gotbed RENDELL was born in 1892 in Brunswick, Victoria
His parents were Harry Norris RENDELL and Elizabeth Alice SIMMONS
He married Elizabeth Jane Lucinda Winifred RADCLIFFE in 1914 in Western Australia
Ernest had previous service for 20 months with the W.A.I.R. before he enlisted with the Australian Army on 19th June, 1916 - he was with the 44th Battalion, 6th reinforcements - Unit embarked from Fremantle, WA on board HMAT Persic on 29th December, 1916
He was Killed in Action in the Field on 10th October, 1917 - buried Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium - he is also honoured on the Australian War Memorial -
His headstone has the inscription
"Oh for the touch of a vanished hand
and a sound of a voice that is still"
He was awarded the Military Medal on 28th January, 1918 and the British War Medal & Victory Medal
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