Participant Info

Given Name

Ernest James

Family Name

Balfour

Service Number

2578

Place of Birth

Melbourne VIC

Occupation

Labourer

Place of Enlistment

Toowoomba QLD

Next of Kin

Mother, Mrs Jane Mearns, SouthView Terrace, Felling, Gateshead-on-Tyne, England

Address on Enlistment

Oakey Railway Depot, Queensland

Unit on Embarkation

25th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

32

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A48 Seang Bee, Brisbane QLD on 21 October 1915

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

14/03/1919

Place of death or wounding

Date of Death

Fate

Discharged - Demobilised 14/3/1919

Place of burial/memorial

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Link to record

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