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Ernest KIRKBRIGHT

Regimental number1947
Place of birthAuburn South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressPinnaroo, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Jane Kirkbright, Pinnaroo, South Australia
Enlistment date20 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name48th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/65/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 13 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1918
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 15), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
146
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Payneham Cemetery, South Australia. Parents: Rippon (d. 9 June 1936, aged 83; bu. Payneham) and Mary Jane (d. 12 May 1931, aged 77; bu. Payneham) KIRKBRIGHT, Meribah, South Australia. Native of Auburn, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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