ENSLOW, Edward
| Service Number: | 1486 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, July 1888 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Alcoholism, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 July 1952 |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Anzac Portion 8 at Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1486, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1486, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1486, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 29 May 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1486, 15th Infantry Battalion, 1st MD, medically discharged, wounding |
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From Australian Remembrance Army
Private Edward Enslow (Service No. 1486), an Australian World War One veteran who was wounded in action at Gallipoli, is among almost 800 previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery we have now marked with a plaque in recognition of their service for Australia.
We unveiled his plaque in Lutwyche Cemetery on 23 September 2023, along with a further 300 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of Australian World War One veterans:
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Edward Enslow was born in 1888 in Hobart, Tasmania, the son of William Enslow and Ellen Enslow (née Burke). A labourer by occupation, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Rockhampton, Queensland, on 29 December 1914. On 13 February 1915 he embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Seang Choon for overseas service with the 15th Infantry Battalion. He served during the Gallipoli campaign and, in August 1915, was wounded in action, sustaining a gunshot wound to the back. He was evacuated from Gallipoli and admitted to military hospitals for treatment. Despite periods of recovery, his injuries were assessed as preventing further effective service, and he was medically discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 6 May 1916.
In the years following the war, Edward Enslow struggled to reintegrate into civilian life. His later years were marked by declining health and chronic alcoholism. On 21 May 1938 he was admitted to the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum on North Stradbroke Island, an institution established under the Benevolent Asylum Wards Act of 1861 to provide care for those unable to support themselves due to illness or infirmity. On 25 July 1952, aged 69, Private Edward Enslow died at the Marburg Inebriate Institution from acute alcoholic poisoning, exposure, and chronic alcoholism.
He was buried in Anzac Portion 8 at Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane. A single man with no known children, Edward Enslow lay for decades without formal recognition of his military service at his place of burial. His grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia, ensuring that his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice. His identity and dignity have now been restored. We have remembered him.
Lest We Forget.
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