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Ernest Albert HUBBARD

Regimental number1961
Place of birthYarra Glen, Victoria
SchoolState School, VIctoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressSteels Creek, via Yarra Glen, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMrs E Hubbard, Steels Creek, via Yarra Glen, Victoria
Enlistment date18 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXIV, Row C, Grave No. 5), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Elizabeth HUBBARD, Steel's Creek, Victoria
Family/military connectionsNephew: Cpl A.C. Hubbard, killed in action France 15th September, 1916 Nephew: Cpl R.A. Hubbard, Palestine, Returned.

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