Ernest Sydney PILCHER

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Service Number:	55
Enlisted:	8 September 1914, Enoggera, Queensland
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Motor Transport Company
Born:	Ayr, Queensland, 28 December 1889
Home Town:	Pentland, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Deep Lead State School
Occupation:	Motor driver
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 25 June 1918, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Great War Honour Roll (3), Brisbane St. Andrew's Uniting Church Honour Roll, Pentland & District Honor Roll

8 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 55, Enoggera, Queensland
25 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 55, 3rd Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 55, 3rd Field Ambulance, HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 55, 3rd Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded Private, 55, 3rd Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 55, 1st Motor Transport Company, Merris (France), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 55 awm_unit: 1st Australian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-06-25

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