LACEY, Ernest
| Service Numbers: | 73, 3286 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1916, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Terrors Creek, Qld., 8 July 1879 |
| Home Town: | Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Timber Manager |
| Died: | Sudden, Danbulla, Qld., 15 September 1944, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Dayboro Showgrounds War Memorial, Dayboro Showgrounds War Memorial, Dayboro War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 73, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
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World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3286, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 9 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3286, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 3286, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Ernest's parents were Joseph Lacey and Mary Ann Murphy. When he enlisted on June 5 1916 at Brisbane he had already served one year and six months in the Queensland Mounted Infantry and eleven months in the 1st Queensland Contingent Boer War. He was working at Terrors Creek as a Manager and Director of a sawmill company when he enlisted in WWI. Ernest served on the Pine Shire Council, he was elected unopposed in 1913 to represent Division Three.
LATE MR. ERNEST LACEY.
The death occurred at Atherton yesterday of Mr. Ernest Lacey, a very old resident of the district, who had been associated with the sawmilling industry for very many years. He was also engaged in the tobacco industry at one time. He was a Boer War and World War I veteran, and was a member of the Atherton sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. The late Mr. Lacey went to work as usual yesterday morning, but collapsed, and his death occurred at 4.30 p.m. He is survived by his widow and family. The funeral will move from the Church of England, Atherton, at 2 p.m. to-day.