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CHURCHER, Ernest Dodwell
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 816 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Surrey, England, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter & Joiner |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 816, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 816, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 816, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion, Promoted on the day of embarkation | |
| 26 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 40th Infantry Battalion, In England | |
| 26 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 40th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 40th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 6 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 816, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 6th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Churcher
Husband of Nellie Kate Curcher of 17A Mulgrave Street,Launceston, Tasmania
Commenced return to Australia on 30 April 1919 aboard HT Karagola disembarking on the 12 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania
On 9 June 1919 his father wrote to Base Records with and enlcosed letter telling Ernest that his wife Nellie had passed away a fortnight earlier
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal