Ernest Frederick (Ernie) BESIER

BESIER, Ernest Frederick

    Service Number: 4360
    Enlisted: 6 September 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Deloraine, Meander Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia, 25 July 1895
    Home Town: Mangalore, Southern Midlands, Tasmania
    Schooling: State School, Tasmania, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 July 1917, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: Mud Corner Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium
    Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 8
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton Congregational Church HR
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4360, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements
    29 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 4360, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
    29 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 4360, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Roderick Besier

    Ernest Frederick Besier was  born on the 25th July 1895 in the District of Deloraine Tasmania. Informant Charles Besier, father of Stony CreeK.  Ernest wast 10th and last born child of Charles Frederick Besier (b. Germany 1850- d. 1924 Mangalore, Tasmania.) and Sarah Ann (nee Hyland) Besier (b.1852 Mangalore Tasmania - d. Hobart Tasmania 1904).  There were six girls and four boys including Ernest.

    Ernest never married

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