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Ernest Henry WILKES

Regimental number63372
Place of birthLaunceston Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressLaunceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs E A Wilkes, Sandhill, Launceston, Tasmania
Enlistment date20 August 1918
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 July 1918
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameTasmanian Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Zealandic on 5 October 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of disease 12 February 1919
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialSt John's Churchyard (Plot 64, Row J, Grave No. 4), Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
68
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Simon and Elizabeth Ann WILKES
Family/military connectionsBrother: 63373 Pte Hector Burns WILKES, 12th Bn, returned to Australia, 3 May 1919.

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