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Ernest Garner Shipway MERRIMAN

Regimental number2410
Place of birthYass New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressCumnock via Molong, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Merriman, Cumnock via Molong, New South Wales
Enlistment date22 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A75 Ballarat on 6 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 May 1916
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialBrewery Orchard Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 25), Bois-Grenier, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
92
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Cumnock General Cemetery, New South Wales. Parents: John and Eliza Bergin (d. 4 October 1948, aged 89; bu. Cumnock)MERRIMAN, Cumnock, New South Wales. Native of Yass, New South Wales
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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