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Ernest Frederick SCHILLING

Regimental number4301
Place of birthFitzroy, Victoria
SchoolSouth Brunswick, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
Address228 Holden Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinFather, Mr E Schilling, 228 Holden Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Enlistment date28/19/1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 September 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Date of death20 September 1917
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialBedford House Cemetery, Enclosure No. 4 (Plot XII, Row H, Grave No. 18), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
45
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Ernest and Elizabeth SCHILLING, 228 Holden Street, Fitzroy North, Victoria
Family/military connectionsLieutenant Bidstrap killed and two more cousins from Bendigo returned (from Roll of Honour Circular)
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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