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Ernest Robert IRVING

Regimental number1046
Place of birthSalisbury West, Victoria
SchoolHope Creek State School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressInglewood PO, Inglewood, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Robert Irving, Inglewood PO, Inglewood, Victoria
Enlistment date13 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name38th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/55/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 October 1918
Place of death or woundingBellicourt, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialTincourt New British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row G, Grave NO. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Rosaline IRVING, Inglewood, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCpl L R Morrow, 39th Batt Lieut W E Hamilton, 7th Batt
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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