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WARNE, Victor Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2411 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 May 1916, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bridgewater, Victoria, Australia, 11 February 1897 |
| Home Town: | Golden Square, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postal employee |
| Died: | Illness, Abbeville, France, 9 November 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row B, Grave 26, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2411, 38th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2411, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2411, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2411, 38th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2411, 38th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2411, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele | |
| 15 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Division Signals, France | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2411, 3rd Division Signals, German Spring Offensive 1918, Morlancourt | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2411, 3rd Division Signals, The Battle of Amiens | |
| 28 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2411, 3rd Division Signals, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal | |
| 29 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 9 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2411, 38th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Pte 2411 Victor Ernest Warne was admitted to No 3 Australian General Hospital at Abbeville, on 29 October 1918, suffering from Broncho Pneumonia, from which he later died of on 9 November 1918.
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