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Ernest Ralph WOOLNOUGH

Regimental number5295
Place of birthSemaphore, South Australia
SchoolSt Peter's Collegiate School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWarehouseman
AddressMalvern, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinWife, Mrs Agnes H Woolnough, Fisher Street, Malvern, South Australia
Enlistment date28 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 March 1918
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death40
Place of burialLondon Rifle Brigade Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 2), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Emily WOOLNOUGH; Wife: Agnes H. WOOLNOUGH
Family/military connectionsOne cousin - killed (details from wife: Agnes H Woolnaugh, 174 Fisher Street, Malvern, Unley)
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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