Ernest Edgar CASBOURNE

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CASBOURNE, Ernest Edgar

Service Number:	141
Enlisted:	3 February 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burnie,Tasmania, Australia, 12 April 1897
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	State School, Tasmania
Occupation:	Upholsterer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, France, 5 May 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium Plot VI, Row A, Grave 14, Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

3 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 141, 40th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 141, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 141, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
5 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 141, 40th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Ernest Edgar CASBOURNE was born as Ernest Edgar CATCHPOLE in Burnie, Tasmania on 12th April, 1897

His parents were William CATCHPOLE & Nora Anne FITZMAURICE who married in Tasmania on 29th April, 1885

He enlisted in Claremont, Tasmania on 3rd February, 1916 & embarked from Hobart on the ship Berrima on 1st July, 1916 with the 40th Infantry Battalion (A Company)

Ernest was Killed in Action on 5th May, 1917 and is buried in the Strand Military Cemetery

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