McManus, Ernest Alexander

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

McManus, Ernest Alexander Service Number 3193

Died of illness 6th January 1917 3rd General Hospital Addington, Durban,

South Africa

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NAME McManus, Ernest Alexander

SERVICE NO 3193

UNIT 53rd

Battalion

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 28 yrs 1 mth

PLACE OF BIRTH Mudgee, NSW

ADDRESS Warnervale Railway Siding

OCCUPATION Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 3 Oct 1916

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Newcastle, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Ada McManus, Warnervale R’way Siding/ Later at Bishop St. Mudgee

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’5”. Weight-132lbs. Chest-33-35”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-?. Hair-Black.

RELIGION Not stated

EMBARKED 11 Nov 1916- Sydney- A29 “Suevic”

DISEMBARKED 5 Dec 1916- Durban-

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 5 Dec 1916-Durban-Pneumonia

DIED 6 Jan 1917-3rd

Gen Hospital Addington, Durban-South Africa- Endocarditis

BURIED 6 Jan 1917-Durban Military Cemetery Gve 51B

MEDALS British War Medal-53024, Victory Medal-. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-327495.

DEPENDANTS Mother

PERSONAL EFFECTS 1 watch with wristlet, 1 id disc, 1 10/- note National Bank, 1 10/- note Austra-lian, 1 £1 note Australian, 1 prayer book, 1 pocket book, 1 musketry small book/ 1 water proof sheet, 1 brush, 1 strap, 1 canvas holdall/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Mother/

Gosford Times 18

th January 1917

Private McManus, of Wyong, died at Durban while on the way to the front.

Gosford Times 25

th January 1917

Mr J McManus, of Wyong, has received word that his son Private Ernest McManus, died from pneumonia

on his way to England. Deceased was 24 years of age, and was a native of Mudgee district.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1955848






























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