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Ernest John RAWLINGS

Regimental number910
Place of birthTheebine, Queensland
SchoolHoward State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFireman
AddressIsis Junction, North Coast Line, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Rawlings, Isis Junction, North Coast Line, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name42nd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 5 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 28 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death26.4
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. II), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Paretns: John and Alice RAWLINGS, Isis Junction, N.C. Line, queensland. Native of Theebine, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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