WORTH, Ernest
| Service Number: | 6898 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1917, at Fremantle |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Leeds, England, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Leeds Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Boot trade |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Between Harbonnières and Framerville, France, 9 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, North Fremantle Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6898, 28th Infantry Battalion, at Fremantle | |
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| 29 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 6898, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 6898, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6898, 27th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6898 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Ernest Worth was born in Leeds, England. He later moved to North Fremantle, WA. He worked in the boot trade. He cleaned repaired and made boots.
He enlisted in the 28th Infantry Battalion as a Private. A private was the lowest rank they worked in the trenches firing at the enemy trench sometimes only a few meters away from the enemy troops. Life in the trenches was hard Food was scarce and disease was abundant this was where Ernest Worth lived.
Ernest Worth was quite short at 5 feet 1 and a quarter, and weighed only 50kg at enlistment. He was married.
Worth enlisted in the 28th Battalion but was soon transferred to the 27th Battalion. He arrived in France in June 1918 and served with his unit for little more than a month. On the second day of the Battle of Amiens, on 9 August 1918, he was killed in action. According to multiple eyewitnesses, he was part of an attack near Framerville when he was killed instantly by a Geman shell, which killed another man and wounded several more. He was initilly buried near where he fell.
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