Ernest Edward CAPP

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Service Number:	5311
Enlisted:	20 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chilwell, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1878
Home Town:	Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Dorcas Street State School, South Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Etaples, France, 10 October 1917
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XXX, Row B, Grave 3 Headstone inscription reads Rock of ages he lived as he died a man, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

20 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5311, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5311, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5311, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5311, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Shell wound to the face at Passchendaele

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Son of Elizabeth and Robert Friend Capp of 58 O'Grady Street, Albert Park, Victoria; brother of Frederick Robert Capp

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal