LOCH, Ernest Vincent
| Service Number: | 607 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Yarraman, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5 September 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 5 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 607, 13th Machine Gun Company | |
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| 14 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 607, 13th Machine Gun Company, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
| 14 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 607, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 607, 11th Machine Gun Company, France - Bullet Wound to Head |
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World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 607, 13th Machine Gun Company, France - Gassed (Mustard Gas) | |
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| 27 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 607, 11th Machine Gun Company, per RTA Rio Padro | |
| 24 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 607, 11th Machine Gun Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ernest was the seventh of nine children of Thomas Loch (born 1845 in Tamworth, NSW) and Annie Smith (born 1855 in Wiltshire, England). Thomas (a Farmer) married Annie in 1872 at Tamworth in NSW. Thomas and Annie lived at Murrurundi and Gunnedah where Thoams was a Farmer. He was ploughing his fields in 1914 when he died. Annie died in 1940.
Ernest had worked as a Mail Driver at Spring Ridge, Liverpool, NSW was a Farmer when he enlisted in the AIF in September 1916. The Northern Star reports on 5 October 1916, that Ernest was given a send off and presented with a gold watch inscribed by the Newrybar War Service Committe and wished 'God Speed'. Miss Ethel McKnight 'was called on to fasten a handsome gold wristlet watch on Mr Loch's arm'. Ermest was a Private (Service No:607) with 11th and 13th Machine Gun Coys, and was WIA in two occasions in France - severe Mustard Gas Poisoning, and a Bullet Wound to his head. Ernest was Discharged in July 1919.
Returning to Tamworth, NSW, Ernest was a Farmer when he married Ethel Anne McKnight (born 1896 at Bruthen in Victoria) at Glenn Innes, NSW in 1920. Ernest and Ethel lived briefly at Tweed Heads, NSW where Ernest was a Farmer, before relocating to Brisbane, QLD where Ernest worlked as a Milk Vendor.
In 1930 the family moved back to NSW, living at Kempsey where Ernest worked as a Vulcaniser (Tyre Retreader) until 1936 when they moved to Bondi in Sydney. Ernest was working as a Salesman when he died in 1941. Ethel died in 1974.