TOWNSHEND, Ernest
| Service Number: | 289 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 1924, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Newtown Superior Public School Great War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 289, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Private, 289, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Private, 289, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 4 Mar 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 289, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Time Expired |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Ernest Townshend was born in 1875 at Bathurst, NSW, a son to John Herbert Townshend and Mary Hannah Townshend (nee Hutchinson-Parkin). He married Amy Hedger in 1903 at Newtown, NSW.
He served twice in the South African (Boer) War and twice in WW1.
Boer War services- Private S.N. 99, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen and Private S.N. 681, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (2nd Draft).
WW1 services- Private S.N. 289, 1st Battalion, Naval and Military Forces (Special Tropical Corps) and Private S.N. 195, 12th Light Horse Regiment AIF transferring to the 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron AIF.
(sources AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 481 and 519; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).