Ernest YATES

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Service Number:	1880
Enlisted:	14 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ancoates, England, 1890
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Memorials:

14 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 1880, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 1880, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 36th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 14 June 1917
30 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion, From 36th Battalion
7 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed.
18 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Next of kin given as his brother William Yates of Western Road, Rozelle, NSW

Served his balcksmithing apprenticeship with Ashbry's, Blacksmiths of Ardwick, England

Commenced return to Australia on 18 December 1918 aboard HT Aeneas while wounded(gassed) disembarking on the 11 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal