RAE E.A.

Given Names:  Ernest Albert

Service Number:  60988

Unit:  9th General (Victorian) Reinforcements                                                                    

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  20 Yrs   

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:  137 Lbs

Chest:  32-35 In

Hair:  Dark

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Ruddy

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  8/5/1918

Place:  Hawthorn

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Henry Rae

56 Tennyson Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  31/8/1918

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Barambah A37

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Devanha

Embarked:  8/5/1919                                 

Disembarked:  23/6/1919

Unit:  5th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  7/7/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  76776

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  26/4/1898

Place:  Clifton Hill, Victoria                       

Father:  Henry RAE                                 

Mother:  Christina BUCHANAN

MARRIAGE

Year:  1923     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Gertrude Annie WALL

DEATH

Date or Year: 20/5/1974                          

Place: Blackburn, Victoria                        

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Camberwell State School

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX45185                                     

Date Enlisted:  8/7/1940                                          

Date Discharged:  2/7/1942

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