MALMGREEN, Ernest Edward
| Service Number: | 3384 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Semaphore, South Australia, 23 August 1887 |
| Home Town: | Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Maylands, Western Australia, 25 February 1947, aged 59 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Mount Helena Lion Mill Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3384, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 1 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3384, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3384, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Fremantle | |
| 25 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 12th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 16 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3384, 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Private Ernest Edward Malmgreen (3384), born at South Australia and educated at Melbourne. In August, 1915, he enlisted and after training for a while at
Blackboy, sailed for Egypt with the 12th Battalion. On his arrival he transferred to the 112th Howitzer Battery. He was on Lemnos Island at the time of the evacuation, but crossed with the Battery to France, where they were attached to the Black Watch, with whom they saw some very heavy fighting, including the Somme Fronts. He was also in the retreat from Robue, and only received some very slight wounds
the whole time he was away. In May, 1919, he returned to Australia...
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