Ernest HARPER

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Service Number:	6020
Enlisted:	8 March 1916, Bathurst
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dealer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 2 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

8 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6020, 1st Infantry Battalion, Bathurst
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6020, 1st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6020, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
2 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, 6020, 1st Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele

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