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Ernest George CHEATER

Regimental number6607
Place of birthPrahran, Victoria
SchoolMalvern Road State School, VIctoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCarpenter
Address43 Highbury Grove, East Prahran, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs C W Cheater, 43 Highburygrove, East Prahran, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Senior Cadets and Compulsory Military Training scheme.
Enlistment date17 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1918
Place of death or woundingLihons, France
Age at death27.5
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row I, Grave No. 7), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
49
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Sarah CHEATER; husband of Caroline W. CHEATER, 14 Fulton Street, Armadale, Victoria, Australia. Native of Prahran, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousins: 46 Sergeant Harold CROFT, 14th Bn, died of wounds, 8 July 1916; C. Croft 37th Btn; [9] Lt Charles Claus GALE MC, 38th Bn, returned to Australia, 28 Sptember 1919; Brother-in-law: 1043 Pte Henry James JOHNS, 23rd Bn, died of wounds, 19 June 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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