WHITMAN  E.J.

Given Names:   Ernest James

               

Service Number:  10333

Unit:  Army Medical Corps, April 1916 reinforcements                                                       

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  24 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Salesman                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11 In                   

Weight:  144 Lbs

Chest:  33-35 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/9/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  James Leonard Whitman

7 Byron Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  14/4/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Disembarked: 

Unit:  46th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                       

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  35024

Victory Medal:  34770

Other:    

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  21/1/1891

Place:  Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Father:  James Leonard WHITMAN          

Mother:  Caroline Harvey PADBURY

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 11/4/1917                          

Place: Bullicourt, France                          

Burial:  No known grave,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

Auburn State School

Balwyn State School

Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque:  316148

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Discharged:  

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary