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Ernest Voysey BEART

Regimental number2255
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolBrighton Road State School, Victoria
ReligionProtestant
OccupationPorter
Address47 Grosvenor Street, Balaclava, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, W.L. Beart, 47 Grosvenor Street, Balaclava, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets (Compulsory Military Training scheme).
Enlistment date12 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 April 1917
Place of death or woundingLagnicourt, France
Date of death22 April 1917
Age at death18
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row M, Grave No. 33), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
43
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Ludbrook and Alice BEART, 47 Grosvenor Street, St. Kilda, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3696 Pte Ralph Oscar BEART, 29th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 January 1919.

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