Ernest Henry ZELMAN MID, MM

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Service Number:	633
Enlisted:	8 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1878
Home Town:	Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Musician
Died:	Deepdene, Victoria, Australia, July 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 9 July 1965 with his ashes being spread at the cemetery
Memorials:

8 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 633, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 633, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 633, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
9 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 633, 39th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the ankle. Embarked HS St. George for England on 17 January 1917.
28 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 39th Battalion
1 Jun 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 1 June 1917, page 5422. position 81 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 4 October 1917, page 2624, position 93
8 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 39th Infantry Battalion, From 67th Battalion
4 Feb 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, London Gazette on 4 February 1918, page 1620, position 56. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 June 1918, page 1394, position 114
18 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

Son of Alberto Zelman and Eliza Harriet Zelman nee Hodgkinson of 'Bianca', Wattle Valley Road, Canterbury, Victoria.

Brother of Alfred Zelman who returneed to Australia on 27 January 1919 having served in 8th Battalion.

Husband of Blanche Zelman nee Borsa of Wattle Valley Road, Canterbury, Victoria. Ernest and Blanche married during 1903c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 25 September 1919 aboard SS Cufic disembarking on 22 November 1919

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Mentioned in Despatches