Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Son of Mr and Mrs J. WHITEHOUSE of 52 All Saints Street, West Bromich, Staffordshire, England.  Husband of Lillian May WHITEHOUSE of 19 Sydenham Road, Norwood.  Educated in English Art School, and won a Travelling Art Scholarship, Ernest followed all sport and was interested in atheltics.  He came to Australia in 1914, and joined the AIF on declaration of war and left for Gallipoli and was at the landing.  He served on Hospital Ships and Medical Units and was then attached to No. 2 Base Hospital in Egypt.  Transfrred to England and Australia and was discharged in 1918.  He joined the Medical Service in Papua aand then the N.G. Forces.  While there he designed several postage stamps for Papua.  He was then serving in A.N.G.A.U.  N.G. Forces.

Mr. Ernest Whitehouse, of Albert street, Goodwood Park, who died recently at the Repatriation General Hospital, Springbank, aged 60, was born at West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England. As an art student he won many trophies including a bronze medal in 1910, and also gained a travelling scholarship in 1913. He settled in Western Australia, where he enlisted in the A.I.F. in World War 1. In September, 1918, Mr. Whitehouse joined the Papuan  Government service, from which he retired in September, 1946, because of illhealth. In World War II, he was a captain with the ANGA Unit. Five of his  stamp designs for Papua were issued in November, 1932. In July, 1922, he married Lillian M. Chenoweth at Oiabia, Trobriand Islands, Papua. There are  two children, Joseph, now a medical student (four years in AIF), and Patricia, a trained nurse.