Ernest William BURPEE

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BURPEE, Ernest William

Service Number:	1944
Enlisted:	11 August 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Goodwood Park, South Australia, 12 April 1891
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wool Classer
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 29 January 1947, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia General - Path 11 - Grave 692
Memorials:	Cherry Gardens WW1 Roll of Honour, Clarendon Methodist Church and Sunday School Honour Board, Yorketown Bublacowie Coromandel Valley Baptist Church Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1915:	Enlisted
10 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 1944, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
10 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 1944, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Warilda, Adelaide
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From the 9th Light Horse Regiment ex 3rd Light Horse Regiment
23 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Reverted to the rank of Bombardier on 1 July 1917
30 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1944, Shell shock and nasal obstruction
5 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1944, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 4th Military District.
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 1944
Date unknown:	Wounded 1944

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Benjamin Burpee and Jessie Burpee nee Johnston of Goodwood, SA. Brother of Harold Stanley Burpee and Norman Reginald Burpee

On 6 April 1915 Ernest married Annie Weymouth in the Coromandel Baptist Church, SA. Father of Lois Weymouth Burpee, Joyce Weymouth Burpee and Rosalynd Weymouth Burpee

Residential address at the time of death was Clarence Park, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 18 November 1917 on board HT Survic disembarlking on 27 September 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Preiously served with the Blackwood Rifles for about 4 years

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