Ernest Holdsby MASON

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MASON, Ernest Holdsby

Service Number:	3194
Enlisted:	22 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Everton, Victoria, 11 November 1892
Home Town:	Everton, Wangaratta, Victoria
Schooling:	Everton State School
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 5 August 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Everton Public Hall Roll of Honor, Everton War Memorial, Hawthorn Auburn Methodist Church Honour Roll WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wangaratta Everton St. Hilda's Church Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3194, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3194, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3194, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
5 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3194, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

"... 3194 Private Ernest Holdsby Mason, 24th Battalion, of Everton, Vic. A blacksmith before enlisting on 22 July 1915, Pte Mason embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Commonwealth with the 7th Reinforcements on 26 July 1915. He was reported missing in action from Pozieres Wood on 5 August 1916, and later presumed to have been killed in action on that date." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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