Lance Corporal

Ernest Alfred Billing

MM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Thomas John and Emma Jane Billing, of Hine Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand, Native cf Rahotu, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
10/3832
Name:
Ernest Alfred Billing
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Place of Birth: 
Rahotu, Taranaki, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Thomas John Billing (father), Farmer, Hine Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farmer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Wellington Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
12 April 1918
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
27
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
04 March 1916
Transport:

HMNZT 47
HMNZT 48
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
I. L. 19.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Ernest Alfred Billing
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