Ernest Robert FAIRLIE

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FAIRLIE, Ernest Robert

Service Number:	993
Enlisted:	8 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lexton, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Shepparton, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling:	Hawthorn College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	High school teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Essendon High School HR, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli

World War 1 Service

8 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 993, Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 993, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 993, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 993, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography

Son on Walter and Catherine(nee Cameron) FAIRLIE. Born 1885

Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley

Ernest Robert Fairlie, son of Mrs. W. Fairlie, of "Burnbank" Edgar-street, East Malvern, was born on the 8th of August, 1885, and joined the service of this Department in 1902 as junior teacher at School 143, Campbellfield. After teaching in various elementary schools, he held positions as master in the Melbourne High School, the higher elementary school at Essendon, and the agricultural high school at Shepparton. He is recorded as an able, diligent, and thorough teacher.

He enlisted on the 8th of September, 1914, and embarked with the 5th Battalion. After training in Egypt, he proceeded with his unit to Gallipoli, and took part in the Landing. He was killed between the 8th and the 12th of May, 1915.

Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.

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