WILKES, Ernest Henry
| Service Number: | 63372 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 24 January 1900 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, 1st Australian General Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 12 February 1919, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Plot 64, Row J, Grave No. 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Nunamara War Memorial, South Launceston State School Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 63372, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 63372, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Zealandic embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Embarked Private, 63372, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, SS Zealandic, Melbourne | |
| 12 Feb 1919: | Involvement Private, 63372, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 63372 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1919-02-12 |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 12th February........Private Ernest Henry Wilkes was born in 1900 in Launceston, Tasmania along with his twin brother Hector Burns Wilkes. They both enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as 18 year olds.
Private Ernest Henry Wilkes arrived in England on 5th December, 1918 & was marched in to 1st Training Battalion, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire. He was admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 27th January, 1919 with Influenza. He was reported as dangerously ill with Pneumonia later that day.
Private Ernest Henry Wilkes died at 7.45 am on 12th February, 1919 of Broncho Pneumonia. He was buried in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard at Sutton Veny where 140 other WW1 Australian Soldiers & 2 Australian Nurses are buried.
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Twin brother Private Hector Wilkes returned to Australia from England in May 1919. In a Newspaper Memorial Notice placed in Tasmanian Newspaper - Hector wrote this regarding his deceased brother....
"I have lost my soul companion,
A life linked with my own;
Day by day I miss him,
As I wander through life alone......."
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