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BEER, Ernest William

Service Numbers:	2515, 2515B
Enlisted:	3 April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dublin, South Australia , 12 April 1882
Home Town:	Bute, Barunga West, South Australia
Schooling:	Clinton Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bute District Council WW1 Roll of Honor, Bute War Memorial Garden, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

3 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
21 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2515, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2515, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 2515B, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2515B awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-20
Date unknown:	Involvement 2515, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Husband of Florence Ellen BEER nee EYLWARD