INGRAM, Ernest John
| Service Number: | 916 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | York, Western Australia, Australia, 4 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | East Perth, Perth Water, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumbers Assistant |
| Died: | 14 July 1969, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 916, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 916, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 916, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Ernest Ingram, an original of the 11th Battalion was one of the men in the famous photograph of the unit standing on the steps of the Pyramids. The 11th Battalion was part of the 3rd Brigade, and was amongst the covering force which stormed the beach at Gallipoli at 4.30am on 25th April 1915. In the early afternoon, of the landing at Gallipoli, Ernie was shot in the left forearm and evacuated to the 1st Australian General Hospital at Heliopolis, Greece.
As soon as she received the news, his mother Elizabeth telegraphed the Defence Department, “Convey love to my boy. Anxiously awaiting news. E Ingram”
After six weeks Ernie re-joined his battalion at Gallipoli only to be wounded for a second time, shot in the hand, and was sent to England for treatment. During April 1916, Ernie, newly promoted to Corporal, had moved on to Marseilles with the 11th Battalion and was headed for the Western Front.
Ernie was badly wounded during the Battle of Pozieres, on 22 July 1916, a bullet wound to this thigh which caused a fractured femur. He was evacuated to England and although all efforts were made to heal his wounds, they remained unresponsive to treatment and by December 1916, his left leg was amputated above the knee. He was returned to Australia in July 1917.
His older brother, 44 Pte. George Ingram 13th Battalion had been killed in action at Gallipoli on the 9 September 1915, aged 29. Another older brother, 3158 Pte. Victor Robert Ingram 32nd Battalion AIF was killed in action at Fromelles on 19 July 1916, aged 28.
Their parents were Edward and Elizabeth Ingram, of East Perth, Western Australia. The father had passed away by 1921.
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