BRITTEN, Ernest Harold
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 27 December 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Nth Fitzroy, Victoria, 20 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Medical Practioner |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria - Hospital, 10 January 1932, aged 38 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England ZA 1284A |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Dec 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
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| 21 Mar 1918: | Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Mar 1918: | Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 12 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
Capt BRITTEN, Ernest Harold
From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Medical Officer
Unit: Australian Army Medical Corps
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Medical Practitioner
Address: North Fitzroy, Vic.
Age at Enlistment: 24
Enlistment Date: 27 December 1917
Next of Kin: Father, Rev. A. E. Britten, 89 Alfred Crescent, North Fitzroy, Vic., address then changed to St Clements Vicarage, Glenhuntly Road, Elsternwick, Vic.
Rank on Enlistment: Captain. He was gazetted a Captain in the AIF from 27 December 1917.
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A34 Persic, on
21 March 1918
Rank from Nominal Roll: Captain
Unit from Nominal Roll: Australian Army Medical Corps
Campaigns Served: England; France
War Service/Promotions: He arrived in London 24 May 1918, and was attached to the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) Training Depot at Parkhouse Hospital, Larkhill, Wiltshire, England, and the 14 Training Brigade at Codford, Wiltshire, England. He proceeded to France, 13 August 1918. Posted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, France. Then from 1 September he was posted to the 8th Field Ambulance. From 24 May 1919 until 24 November 1919 he was a House Surgeon in the Royal United Hospital, Bath, England.
Fate: Returned to Australia per SS Port Napier, 23 December 1919. Fifteen days before he left Australia to go to war he married Nellie Maud Martin, 6 March 1918, Melbourne, Vic.
Place of Death: 10 January 1932, Melbourne, Vic.
Place of Burial: Brighton Cemetery, Caulfield South, Vic.
Medals/Citations: British War Medal; Victory Medal
Submitted 21 July 2019 by Evan Evans
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