Ernest Esserman
Alias 1898 Aron Esserman; 1905 Aaron Ernest Esserman (?)
Born 1877 (WWI service records & naturalisation); 15.03.1891 (WWII service records)
Place Courland, Latvia
Ethnic origin Jewish
Religion Jewish
Father Louis Esseman
Mother Fay Esserman
Family
Wife Beatrice (Bessie) Hilda Esserman (nee Grimish), married 1916; brother-in-law Arthur Levy
Arrived at Australia
from Hamburg
on 26.03.1892
per Solingen
disembarked at Sydney
Residence before enlistment Wee Waa, Sydney
Occupation 1898 dealer in merchandise, 1905 hawker, 1916 bookmaker, 1935 agent, 1940 clerk
Service 1 service number 26426
enlisted 8.05.1916
POE Sydney
unit 5th Brigade, 22nd Howitzer Brigade, 2nd Division Ammunition Column
rank Gunner, Driver
place Western Front, 1917
casualties WIA 1917
final fate RTA 24.01.1918
discharged 17.04.1918
Service 2 (WWII)
service number N72118
enlisted 26.04.1940
POE Paddington, NSW
unit AIFRTDEC
rank Private
discharged 1.06.1940
Naturalisation 1898 (NSW)
Residence after the war Sydney
Died 5.04.1965, Sydney
Materials
Digitised WWI service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
WWII service records (NAA)
Family tree on Ancestry.com