24th Infantry Battalion
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Ernest Richard Anthonsen (SN 2329) born in Melbourne, was a 21 year old jeweller when he enlisted in Melbourne on July 17th 1915. Assigned to the 24th Infantry Battalion he embarked aboard the Osterley on September 29th . He did not reach France until October 1917 but on August 18th 1918 he was reported as missing in action. He had been captured by the Germans and spent the final months of the war as a prisoner of war. After the Armistice was signed he was returned to England on December 7th and then returned to Australia aboard the Nevasa. He disembarked at Melbourne on Anzac Day 1919 and was discharged on June 17th.
