CAMBRIDGE, Ernest George Henry

Author:

Jill Fenwick

Family name:

CAMBRIDGE

Given names:

Ernest George Henry

Gender:

Male

Religion:

Presbyterian

Date of birth:

1 January 1898

Place of birth:

Birth Beaufort

, Australia

23° 38' 56.8644" S, 146° 52' 56.7552" E

East Melbourne addresses

Year:

1914

1916

80 Albert Street

, East Melbourne, Victoria

, Australia

Military service:

WW1

Regimental number:

2352

Regimental number:

5051

Rank:

Private/ Sapper

Military units:

6th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement

1st Anzac Wireless Section 7th Battalion AIF

4th Division Signals

Decorations and medallions:

British War Medal, Victory Medal, 1914-15 Star

Biographical notes:

Ernest Cambridge enlisted in June, 1914. He was then just over 18 and an assistant in the Mail Branch of the Melbourne GPO. He had some previous experience, having served with the Senior Cadets 51 Battalion at Albert Park for two years. Following initial training, he embarked on 1 April, 1916, on board HMAT Suffolk A23.

On 16 September, he was discharged because of his mother's illness, re-enlisting on January 12, 1915. He trained in Bendigo and was sent to France, where he joined the 1st Anzac Wireless Section. On December 19, 1917, he was transferred to the 4th Division Signals. In 1918, he was hospitalised with a septic foot, and given leave in the UK. Following this, he went AWL for a week, given seven days punishment and forfeiting 15 days' pay. He was returned to Australia on the Port Napier on May 12, 1919.

Acknowledgments:

National Archives Service Records

Australian War Memorial Embarkation Roll