Ernest George DORNBUSH

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DORNBUSH, Ernest George

Service Number:	512
Enlisted:	3 March 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Middlesex, London, July 1889
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Shearing machinery expert
Died:	Killed in Action, Flers, France, 14 November 1916
Cemetery:	Warlencourt British Cemetery Plot 11, Row E, Grave No. 27,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Guyra District Great War Honour Roll, Queanbeyan Avenue of Memory, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

3 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 512, Liverpool, New South Wales
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 512, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 512, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
14 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 512, 5th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 512 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-14

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Ernest George DORNBUSCH was born in Middlesex, London in 1889 although on his enlistment papers he stated he was born in Mosman, Sydney which is incorrect

His parents were Ernest George DORNBUSCH & Katharine Marie FISHER - the family arrived in Sydney as unassisted immigrants on the ship 'Port Adelaide" with parents Ernest & Katharine and daughters Katherine , Rosie and baby Ernest

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