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Ernest WINFIELD

Regimental number3966
Place of birthCastle Donington, Derbyshire, England
SchoolCoventry Road Council School, Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressLittle Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 7.75"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, J Winfield, 47 King Street, Longeaton, Derbyshire, England
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the King's Royal Irish Hussars, British Army.
Enlistment date9 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 18), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
169
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Sarah WINFIELD, 33 Gilead Street, Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to and proceeded to join 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried in No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, WINFIELD Ernest

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