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ZIESCHE, Ernest Lawrence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 14688 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Assistant Machinist |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, April 1954, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 28 April and interred in Tristania, Garden F4, Bed 19, Rose 07 and held in perpetuity. |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 14688, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 11 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 14688, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jul 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 14688, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney | |
| 13 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers. | |
| 2 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 14688, 4th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his foster mother of Margaret Bourke, Matlock Street, East Camberwell, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 2 June 1919 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 19 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1935c Ernest married Margaret Ellen Hooker in Victoria