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Ernest Charles GORRETT

Regimental number4057
Place of birthWhitstone, Middlesex, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTimber worker
Address1 State Mill, Manjinup, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 4.4"
Weight138 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Kate Gorret, Stewart Street, Maylands, Western Australia
Previous military service7th O.O.T.
Enlistment date11 May 1916
Place of enlistmentBelmont, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 28 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 9 December 1918
Discharge date5 March 1919
Other details

Embarked Fremantle, 30 October 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 28 December 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France from 8th Training Bn, 3 May 1917; marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, 4 May 1917, and reverts to to the rank of private.

Marched out to unit, 23 May 1917; taken on strength of 32nd Bn, in the field, 24 May 1917.

Admitted to No 8 Field Ambulance, 19 June 1917 (pyrexia of unknown origin); transferred to 5th Divisional Rest Station, 20 June 1917; to No 14 Field Ambulance, 20 June 1917; discharged to duty and rejoined unit, 5 July 1917.

Detached to 8th Brigade Work's Unit, 14 November 1917; rejoined unit, 17 November 1917.

To Power Buzzer Course, 20 January 1918; rejoined unit, 26 January 1918.

On leave to the United Kingdom, 3 March 1918; rejoined unit, 21 March 1918.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Divisional Rest Station, 24 March 1918; transferred to No 2 Casualty Clearing Station, 25 March 1918 (influenza); to No 7 General Hospital, St Omer, 26 March 1918; to Base Ambulance Train, 16 April 1918; to No 2 Canadian General Hospital, 17 April 1918; to No 3 Convalescent Depot, Le Treport, 19 April 1918; to No 1 Australian Convalescent Depot, Le Havre, 28 April 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 15 June 1918.

Marched out to unit, 23 June 1918; rejoined 32nd Bn, 26 June 1918.

Admitted to No 15 Australian Field Ambulance, 26 June 1916 (influenza); transferred to No 35 Ambulance Train from No 6 Casualty Clearing Station, 7 July 1918 (rheumatism); to No 5 General Hospital, Rouen, 8 July 1918; to England, 19 July 1918; to Fulham Military Hospital, Hammersmith, England, 20 July 1918 (arthritis multiple, severe); to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Harfield, 21 August 1918; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 14 September 1918.

Admitted to hospital (sick), 26 November 1918; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 3 December 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HMAT 'Argyllshire', 19 December 1918; disembarked, 19 January 1919; discharged Perth (medically unfit, osteric arthritis right knee), 5 March 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death8 October 1927

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