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Ernest William BIRD

Regimental number2618
Place of birthFitzroy, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGrocer
AddressAbbotsford, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Thomas J Bird, 337 Victoria Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
Previous military service56th Infantry
Enlistment date4 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name58th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/75/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 10 September 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Date of death9 November 1976

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