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LOGAN, Ernest James
| Service Number: | 127 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Parkside, South Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Steward |
| Died: | Suicide, Maylands, South Australia, 17 May 1927 |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 7N, Site No: 14 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 127, 27th Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 127, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 127, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 127, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Ernest James Logan was born in the year 1893 in Parkside, South Australia. Before the war, he worked as both a steward and a driver. He worked as a steward. Logan had a fair complexion, dark eyes and dark brown hair and stood at 5.8 feet (178cm) tall with a weight of 144lbs (65kg). Ernest’s next of kin was his Aunt, Miss Edna Kelly. Both he and his aunt lived in Henley Park, West Adelaide, South Australia (modern-day Thebarton), and there is no mention of any other family members.
DURING THE WAR:
On the 11th of February 1915, at the age of 22, Ernest signed up at an enlistment office in Keswick, South Australia. Throughout the war, Ernest went AWL repeatedly. He was also hospitalised on several occasions, suffering from influenza and pyrexia (i.e. fever). He was transferred to England to recuperate in early July 1916 and never returned to the front, seeing out the war in various training units in England.
After returning, he married Eileen T. Logan and they remained together until he died. He died by a gunshot wound about 9 years after the war ended, most probably self-inflicted. He died on the 17th of May 1927 in Maylands and was buried in West Terrace Cemetery.
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