Ernest Alfred Hvitfelt

Alias	Hyitfelt (marriage), Whitfield (later used)
Born	4.02.1896
Place	Abo (Turku), Finland
Ethnic origin	Finnish / Swedish
Religion	Lutheran
Father	Swedish, sea captain
Mother	Finnish
Family	Wife Harriet Hvitfelt (née Foskett), married in 1918 in England
Arrived at Australia	from Norway on 1914 disembarked at Melbourne
Residence before enlistment	Gippsland, Riverina, NSW, Sydney
Occupation	Labourer
Naturalisation	1920
Residence after the war	1927 South Kensington, 1967 Merrylands, NSW

Service #1

Service number	6278
Enlisted	1.05.1916
Place of enlistment	Sydney
Unit	2nd Battalion
Rank	Private
Place	Western Front, 1917-1919
Casualties	WIA, 1917
Awards	Military Medal (LG 19/06/1919)
Final fate	RTA 26.07.1919
Discharged	11.11.1919

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