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Ernest JOBLING

Regimental number327
Date of birth18 January 1890
Place of birthRosedale, Lancashire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationOrchard hand
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 11"
Weight177 lbs
Next of kinMrs Jobling, Newton, Leeds, England
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the Territorial Force, England.
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentShepparton, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 30 January 1918
Discharge date4 May 1918
Other details

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915.

Wounded in action, 25 April 1915 (compound fracture, right fulcrum); admitted to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 1 May 1915; discharged to Base Details, Zeitoun, 29 May 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to rejoin Bn, Gallipoli, 8 June 1915; rejoined Bn, 24 June 1915.

Admitted to 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 28 July 1915 (gun shot wound, arm), and transferred to No 1 Clearing Hospital; to HS 'Gascon', 28 June 1915, and transferred to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 3 August 1915 (diarrhoea); to 24th Casualty Clearing Station, 11 August 1915; rejoined Bn, Gallipoli, 16 August 1915.

Admitted to No 3 Field Ambulance, 26 August 1915; discharged to lines. 29 August 1915.

Admitted to Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 3 September 1915, and transferred to Mudros; to Cairo, and admitted to No 2 General Hospital, Cairo, 9 September 1915 (enteric); transferred to Mena Convalescent Depot, 28 September 1915 (colic); to A&NZ Convalescent Depot, Helouan, 22 November 1915 (colitis); discharged ('fit') to Overseas Base, 24 November 1915; rejoined Bn, Tel el Kebir, 9 January 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 26 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 31 March 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 1 August 1916.

Accidentally wounded (bomb wound, left shoulder), 5 August 1916, and admitted to 4th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to No 2 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Outreau, 9 August 1916; to England, 15 August 1916, and admitted to Colchester General Hospital; transferred to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford (date not recorded); discharged on furlough, 16 October 1916, to report to Command Depot, Perham Downs, 31 October 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 16 November 1916.

Admitted to 24th General Hospital, Etaples (dysentery); transferred to England, 9 December 1916, and admitted to County of Middlesex Hospital (dysentery: slight).

Admitted to Kitchener Military Hospital, 12 February 1917 (dysentery); discharged on furlough, 16 July 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 30 July 1917.

Marched out to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 7 January 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Euripides', 30 January 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 21 March 1918; discharged (medically unfit: painful scar, left shoulder), Melbourne, 4 May 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death8 April 1968
Age at death78
Place of burialCremated, Karrakatta Crematorium, Perth, Western Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, JOBLING Ernest

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