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Private Ernest Hector Seaman

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Given name
E
Family name
Seaman
Gender
Male
Service number
753
Conflicts
First World War, 1914–18
Campaign
Somme 1916 - 1917
Ypres Salient 1917
Somme 1918
Fate
Returned to Australia (RTA)
Fate date
11 June 1919
Additional information
Last held rank
Private
Unit at embarkation
19th Battalion
Service
Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF)
Veteran Notes/Bio

A lighterman, enlisted May 1915. Parents owned Seaman Bros, a business operating from Cooper St Wharf. The Seaman and Lown families were related by marriage. In France from May 1916 to May 1917. Shrapnel wound to leg (which ulcerated) in October 1916. In Belgium from December 1917 to September 1918. Last known address: Chisholm Street (Greenwich) formerly Balmain

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