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Ernest Albert KING

Regimental number2374
Place of birthMuswellbrook, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationJoiner
AddressBrook Street, Muswellbrook, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Thomas King, Brook Street, Muswellbrook, New South Wales
Previous military service14th Infantry
Enlistment date19 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 11 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialRue-David Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 34), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth KING, Brook Street, Muswellbrook, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Thomas Albert and Elizabeth King

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