58th Infantry Battalion
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Ernest Clark (SN 2587) born at Dean, was an 18 year old carpenter when he enlisted in Ballarat with his brother Frank on July 27th 1915. Assigned to the 24th Infantry Battalion he embarked aboard the Ulysses on October 27th and sailed to Egypt where he was transferred to the 58th Battalion. In June 1916 he moved to France where he was wounded in action on three occasions. The last of these, a severe gunshot wound to his arm in September 1918, prompted his return to Australia. He disembarked from the Warwickshire in Melbourne on May 28th 1919 and was discharged on July 20th.
His brother Frank also served in the AIF and is honoured with a tree in the Avenue.
