McDUFF  E.E.

Given Names:  Ernest Eberhard

               

Service Number:  3420

Unit:  7th Battalion, 11th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  27 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Asylum Attendant                                                                                       

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Roman Catholic

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5½ In                  

Weight:  131 Lbs

Chest:  30-33 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Lilian McDuff

225 Burnley Street, Burnley, Victoria                                                                                

Embarkation Date:  11/10/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Gaika    

Embarked:  12/5/1918                               

Disembarked:  5/7/1918

Unit:  7th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  21/8/1918                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  29033

British War Medal:  23140

Victory Medal:  23006

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1888

Place:  Beaufort, Victoria                         

Father:  William Henry McDUFF               

Mother:  Annie Margaret THIEMEYER

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1910     

Place:             

Spouse: Lilian CUNNINGHAM

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 30/1/1976                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Fawkner Memorial Park, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 26/7/1916; shell shock

Wounded in action 29/12/1917; gassed

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary