RENNICK, Ernest Francis
| Service Number: | 2847 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 15th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, 8 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Acute Phthisis, Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, 19 April 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton Borough Cemetery, East Sussex, England Brighton Borough Cemetery (Zif. 108), Sussex, England, Brighton City Cemetery (Bear Road), Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Machine Gun Company | |
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| 26 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2847, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2847, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2847, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 15th Machine Gun Company, Temp Corp from 24/8/1916 | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2847, 15th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2847 awm_unit: 15th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 19th April.... Cpl Ernest Francis Rennick was born at Canterbury, Victoria in 1892. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 26th June, 1915 as a 23 year old Clerk from Hawthorn, Victoria.
Private Ernest Francis Rennick embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Star of Victoria (A16) on 10th September, 1915 with the 6th Infantry Battalion, 9th Reinforcements.
Private Rennick joined 6th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on 7th January, 1916 & was transferred to 58th Battalion on 17th February, 1916.
Private Rennick was transferred to 15th Infantry Brigade Machine Gun Company on 8th March, 1916. He embarked from Alexandria on 17th June, 1916 & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 24th June, 1916.
Private Rennick was to be Temporary Corporal from 24th August, 1916 then appointed Corporal on 20th October, 1916.
Corporal Rennick was sent sick to Hospital Field Ambulance on 20th February, 1917 with Trench Feet. He was hospitalised at Havre, France on 27th February, 1917 & invalided to England on Hospital Ship on 1st March, 1917.
Corporal Rennick was admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital (also known as Kitchener Military Hospital) at Brighton, Sussex, England on 2nd March, 1917 with Trench Feet.
Corporal Ernest Francis Rennick died at 11.45 am on 19th April, 1917 at Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, Sussex, England from Acute Phthisis. He was buried in Brighton City (Bear Road) Cemetery, East Sussex, England where 28 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/bear-road.html
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