Ernest Byron MATCHES

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Service Number:	50094
Enlisted:	24 January 1918, Allocated to 1st General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp 14March 1918
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yarram, Victoria, Australia, September 1880
Home Town:	Yarram, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling:	Yarram State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Natural Causes , 17 January 1964, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne

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24 Jan 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50094, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Allocated to 1st General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp 14March 1918
21 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 50094, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Mar 1918:	Embarked Private, 50094, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Persic, Sydney
31 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 21st Battalion from 5th Training Battalion UK
27 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of 21st Battalion in the field France
5 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 50094, 21st Infantry Battalion, Montbrehain
13 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to 24th Battalion from 21st Battalion in the Field France due to disbandment of Unit
23 Mar 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian War Graves Detachment , Detached to Graves Registration Unit France from 24th Battalion AIF for duty
24 Sep 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 50094, 24th Infantry Battalion, Embarked HT Port Denison for discharge 3MD termination of period of enlistment Melbourne
5 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 50094, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment

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