Ernest Mathias FAWKE

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Service Number:	279
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NS
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Train
Born:	Southport, England, 1880
Home Town:	Junee, Junee, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cabinet Maker
Memorials:

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 279, 1st Divisional Train, Enlisted at Kensington, NS
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Driver, 279, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Driver, 279, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Afric, Sydney
8 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 279, 1st Divisional Train, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was Regent Street, Junee, NSW

Son of J.M. Fawke of Lord Street, Southport, England

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 17 February 1919

Previously served in the English Territorial Service

In February 1940 he was residing a Tabbitta, Hillston Line, NSW