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Ernest Edmund KERNTKE

Regimental number2430
Place of birthEudunda South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressPort Pirie, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Antonie Emily Scholz, Balhannah, South Australia
Previous military service81st Infantry
Enlistment date13 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 21 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 14 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Date of death24 May 1959

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