VICKERS, Ernest William James
| Service Number: | 4908 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 November 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 1 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Tincourt New British Cemetery V F 44, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4908, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4908, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4908, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 28 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Rachel Martha BURGESS (formerly VICKERS), 276 Mile Camp, Trans-Australiaan Railway, Tarcoola, South Australia and the late Ernest Vickers
SO DEARLY LOVED SO SADLY MISSED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN BY MOTHER
LATE PTE. E. W. J. VICKERS
Pte. Emest W. J. Vickers, son of Mr. Ernest Vickers, of the Locomotive Department at Mount Gambier, died on October 1 of wounds Received in France. Before enlisting he was employed at the Port Pirie Smelting Works, but enlisted at Mildura three and a half years ago. He was born near Adelaide, and was in his twenty-first year.
PTE. E. W. J. VICKERS.
News was received on Tuesday by Mr R. B. Vickers, Pirie West, that his brother (No. 4908). Pte. E. W. J. Vickers, 57th Battalion, died of wounds in the thigh and knee while in France on active service. Pte. Vickers was well known in the B.H.A.S. works at Port Pirie, and was well liked by all who knew him. He had been on service for two years and nine months, and was 19½ years of age.
PRIV. E. W. J. VICKERS DIES OF WOUNDS.
The Ven. Archdeacon Samwell received an official telegram yesterday announcing the death in France, on October 1, from wounds, of Priv. Ernest W, J. Vickers, son of Mr. Ernest Vickers, of the Loco Department at Mount Gambier. When he enlisted 3½ years ago Priv. Vickers was visiting Mildura on holiday, but was employed at the Port Pirie Smelting Works. He was born at Prospect near Adelaide and was in his 21st year. He was never at Mount Gambier.