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Ernest Rudolph HENNIG

Regimental number56082
Date of birth22 June 1891
Place of birthPetersburg, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressBalaklava, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23.9
Height5' 5.25"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinFather, A Hennig, Blyth, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 May 1918
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 March 1915
Place of enlistmentPort Pirie, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1 to 6 (SA) Reinforcements (May-Oct 1918)
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 23 July 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 23 July 1919
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Ernest Randolph
Discharge date23 September 1919
Other details

Previously served as 981, Private, 27th Bn; discharged (medically unfit: inguinal hernia), 23 October 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Suevic', 23 July 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Adelaide, 23 September 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death18 October 1957
Age at death66
Place of burialAIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, HENNIG Ernest Rudolph

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