Ernest Hogan KING

KING, Ernest Hogan

Service Number: 4462
Enlisted: 26 February 1916, Enlisted in Bunbury, Western Australia as part of the 28th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement, recruitment.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bunbury, Western Australia , 1895
Home Town: Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carter
Died: Killed in Action, France, 4 August 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

26 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 28 Infantry Battalion AMF, Enlisted in Bunbury, Western Australia as part of the 28th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement, recruitment.
31 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4462, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4462, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Henry (Harry) King and Elizabeth Hogan married  1st January 1886 in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia.

Fate: - Court of Inquiry convened in the field on 4th January 1917, presumed Private Ernest Hogan King's fate as "Killed in Action" between the 4th - 6th July 1916.