MIGNOT, George Louie
| Other Name: | Mignon, George Elouis Alexandria Epperdarise - AWM - Embarkation Roll |
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| Service Number: | 2832 |
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia , 1891 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | South Australia, 6 June 1966, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Columbarium, Wall 14, Niche D018 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2832, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2832, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by beth McKechnie
George Louie (Lowie) Mignot lived at 89 First Ave, Mt Lawley. SN 2832. aka George Elouis Alexandria Eppedause Mignon SN 7049.
George Louie Mignot aka George Elouis Alexandria Eppedause Mignon has 2 NAA files but is the same man.
George is on the list of Anzacs in Mount Lawley because when he enrolled in July 1915, working as a motor mechanic, his wife Agnes Wilson Mignot was boarding at the home of the Schryver family at 89 First Ave.
George was born in Melbourne Victoria in 1891. The family moved to Perth before 1897. He was one of three children born to George Victor Mignot (1858-1906) and Elsie Vivienne Ethel May Nutt (1872-1951).
George married Agnes in 1914 and they had twin girls in 1915.
Shortly after he enlisted in Perth, he joined the 12th Reinforcements and was promoted to Provisional Corporal. He shortly absented himself from the Army in Egypt around the 20th October the same year and his whereabouts were unknown. After enquiries he was discharged in March 1919 and all medals forfeited.
According to enquires made by the Army before his discharge, Mrs Mignot had moved from 89 First Ave around 9 months after George had embarked and her whereabouts were unknown, but other enquires made to George's mother Mrs Cook ( who now remarried and living in Fremantle) revealed that he had moved to Albury NSW.
After those enquiries revealed that George's surname was actually Mignon.
In the meantime, George had enlisted in Albury NSW in May 1916 as George Elouis Alexandria Eppedause Mignon. He was working as a painter and living with his wife Agnes Mignon.
After training he left Melbourne on the A20 Hororata with the 6th Battalion. At sea he was promoted and then reverted to previous rank after an offence. He arrived in England for training in January 1917 at Durrington and was charged then with offences relating to absences.
He was sent to France in April 1917 and was wounded accidentally in July which was followed by a Court of Inquiry in August for disciplinary offences and leave of absence. In September he was still absent and was court martialled in absentia. His wife Agnes was also looking for him in 1917.
George remarried in April 1918 (although he was not divorced ) Violet Hugene Knight (1895-1989) in England. They had a son born in March 1918, and more children after 1920.
In October 1918 (presumably under arrest) he went to visit his "wife "in London and escaped again.
In 1919 Agnes married William Joseph Frawley (1979-1961) and they had 4 children all born in Albury, Victoria.
In early 1920 George was discharged for desertion and all medals forfeited.
He and Violet travelled to and fro New York and England in 1921. He was a working as a merchant and patented international objects ,one being a hairdressing tool and in 1932 another connected to vanity cases. On these patent she was using the name George Elvis Mignot.
By 1935 he was travelling with his 3rd "wife" Winifred Ivy Paul (1910-2003). They too travelled between Australia and England, coming back in 1949 to run an orchard in Canning, Western Australia.
In 1954 they were living at 20 Field St Mt Lawley.
In 1958 they moved to Mornington, Victoria, leaving in 1960 to return to England for a few months , returning to Brisbane and then to South Australia.
He died on the 6th of June 1966 and was buried in Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, Mitcham City, South Australia, Australia. His gravestone names him as George Elvis Mignon. Winifred is also buried there.
Biography contributed by VWM Australia
Ancestry Family Tree
Name - George Elvis Epidariste Mignot
Birth Date - Abt 1891
Birth Place - Footscray, Victoria
Registration Year - 1891
Registration Place - Victoria, Australia
Father - George Victor Mignot
Mother - Elsie Vivian May No Footscray Nutt
Registration Number - 3408
Further evidence for Mignot and Mignon
Both service records Mignot and Mignon he states Agnes Wilson was his wife
Same height.
Same chest size.
Eyes blue grey and the other grey.
Hair brown and the other dark brown.
Both Anglican or Church of England .
Both have 4 vaccinations on their left arm.
Both have a tattoo of a cross on the right chest and George E A E Mignon has an additional tattoo on his left breast with Agnes written on a heart.
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