Ernest Gillon HUMPHREY

HUMPHREY, Ernest Gillon

Service Number: 7036
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 2nd Field Company Engineers
Born: Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling: Central State School, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Electrician
Died: Died of wounds, France, 15 March 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension
Grave II. A. 46. INSCRIPTION HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE , Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

1 Apr 1916: Involvement Sapper, 7036, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916: Embarked Sapper, 7036, 2nd Field Company Engineers, SS Makarini, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

2nd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 16

He was 24 and the son of Herbert and Bessie Humphrey, of 208, Union St., Brunswick, Victoria, Australia.

Enlistment date 5 January 1916

Age at embarkation 21
AWM Embarkation Roll number 14/21/3

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Makarini on 1 April 1916