Ernest Joseph KOERNER

Regimental number22816
Place of birthToowoomba, Queensland, Australia
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinAunt, Mrs T Roseveare, Waiwera, South Otago
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, 7th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 15 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialAIF Burial Ground (Plot I, Row H, Grave No 17), Flers, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ernest and Josephine Koerner, 37 Carlisle Street, Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Native of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 30