KERN, Ernest Stanley
| Service Number: | 7499 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Karridale, Western Australia, Australia, 2 April 1899 |
| Home Town: | Busselton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed by a falling branch, Pemberton Hospital, Western Australia, 6 August 1936, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Pemberton General Cemetery, Pemberton, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7499, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 29 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 7499, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 7499, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 4 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 44th Infantry Battalion, T/ferred in the field France | |
| 3 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7499, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged Perth, Western Australia |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Joy Dalgleish
Son of William KERN and Mary Agnes nee KENNEDY
Ernest Stanley Kern in Great Southern Herald (Katanning, WA) - Aug 12 1936
Australian Newspapers
"... his body being discovered entangled in a snag just under the surface of the water. Struck by a falling branch from a Spruce in the bush near Pemberton, Ernest Kern, an employee of the State Sawmills, was injured so seriously that he died in the Pemberton Hospital shortly after being admitted. Kern's brother, who was working with him, was struck by the same limb but escaped injury.
Publication place: Great Southern, Western Australia, Australia
Publication date: Aug 12 1936
It appears that another person enlisted under the same name in WW2 W243499 and giving same birth details, but Ernest had already died by this time. The true identity of this person is unknown and notes on pages 5 and 7 of the war records show that this was brought to the attention of authorities.