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Ernest Frederick BESIER

Regimental number4360
Place of birthDeloraine, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionCongregational
OccupationLabourer
AddressMangalore, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, C Besier, Mangalore, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 July 1917
Date of death11 July 1917
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialMud Corner British Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 8), Warneton, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
74
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Oatlands Uniting Cemetery, Tasmania. Parents: Charles (d. 23 June 1924, aged 74, bu. Oatlands Uniting) and Sarah Ann BESIER (b. 30 November 1852, d. 2 May 1904, aged 52, bu. Oatlands Uniting), Mangalore, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: 365 Sergeant Harold Henry BESIER, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 7 January 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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