Ferdinand Emil AHLERS

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Service Number:	3261
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maytown, Queensland, Australia, 15 September 1895
Home Town:	Maytown, Cook, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chillagoe War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3261, 49th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3261, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney

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