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• Name ERNST
• Initials JJ
• First name JOHN JAMES
• Place of birth Potters Bar
• Country Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
• Last residence Nedlands Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Family Son of John Herman and Frances Helen Ernst, of 12, St. Andrew's Rd., Enfield, Middlesex, England.
• Education St Andrew's and Enfield Grammer Schools
• Profession Miner
• Extra info Emigrated to Australia 1910

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Perth, Australia, 9 November 1915
• Service number 15121
• Rank Driver
• Medals 1914-1915 Star Medal, British War Medal, Star Medal
• Regiment and unit 10th Brigade Australian Field Artillery
• Army - Corps - Division 4th Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Sailed from Australia 4/5/16. Trained at Artillery Training School, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt. To England from Alexandria 1/8/16. Arrived England 9/9/16. To France 25/6/17. Joined 4th Divisional Ammunition Column 4/7/17. Joined Battery 5/7/17.

Death

• Wounded 19 October, Second Battle of Passchendaele
• Type of wounds Died of severe wounds in the head and face, at n° 3 Can CCS
• Date of death 28 October 1917
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - BB - 4A

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