Ernest (Ernie) RUSSELL

Ernest (Ernie) RUSSELL Update Details

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Service Number:	4096
Enlisted:	12 January 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia, 18 April 1889
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hardware Salesman
Died:	Natural causes, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 10 October 1950, aged 61 years
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Cremated
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

12 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 4096, Claremont, Tasmania
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 4096, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 4096, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
3 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 4096, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli
3 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 4096, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Battle of Messines, Gassed
30 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 4096, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , GSW right knee and left buttock (severe)
30 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 4096, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Medically unfit

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