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George Benjamin ERREY

Regimental number876
Place of birthHerne Hill, London, England
SchoolHerne Hill School, London, England
Age on arrival in Australia16
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressMalvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Catherine Errey, 84 Union Street, Malvern, Victoria
Previous military service20th A L H
Enlistment date8 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll876A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialPeth Cemetery (China Wall) (Plot III, Row K, Grave No. 6), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
141
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin H. and Catherine J. ERREY, 84 Union Street, Malvern, Victoria
Medals


Source: 24

Family/military connectionsCousins: 6452 Pte Edwin Benjamin ERREY, 24th Bn, died of wounds, 3 September 1918; [1137] Lt Leonard George Prentice ERREY DSO, MC, 8th Bn, died of wounds, 4 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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