Ernest Albert Tomlinson

Service number: 1041

Rank: Lance Corporal

Unit: 4th Battalion

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Source: National Archives of Australia

Ernest Tomlinson was born near Nottingham, England and was a miner. He enlisted on three occasions, first on 9 September 1914, giving as next of kin his wife, living at Hope Street, Balgowlah.

He served at Gallipoli with the 4th Battalion, and was promoted to Lance-Corporal but was returned to Australia with bladder problems in July 1915. He enlisted again on 6 May 1916, and was promoted to Acting Corporal, but contracted VD, and was again discharged from service and returned to Australia on 26 October 1917. He enlisted a third time on 4 April 1918, but was again discharged with bladder trouble

.After the war he lived for a time in Canada, and later in New Guinea.