LEWIS, Ernest Leonard
| Service Number: | 2345 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 May 1916, 4th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chelsea, London, England, December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 October 1973, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Woodend War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2345, 42nd Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcements | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2345, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2345, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane | |
| 4 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2345, 42nd Infantry Battalion, France- GSW | |
| 17 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2345, 42nd Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 8 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Oct 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2345, 15th Infantry Battalion, per HT Pakeha | |
| 10 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2345, 15th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ernest was the fifth of eight children of William Henry Lewis (born 1845 in London, England) and Louisa Emily Selway (born 1855 in London, England). Henry (a Railway Carman) and Louisa (a General Servant) married in 1882 in London.
A Milk Carrier in London, Ernest arrived in Sydney, NSW in 1913 on board the Benalla, and moved to Ipswich, QLD that year, finding work as a Boilermaker's Assistant. In 1914 he married Dora Elizabeth Barnes (born 1896 in Northumberland, QLD). Dora was a Domestic Servant when she immigrated to Brisbane, QLD in 1912 on board the Owestry Grange. Ernest and Dora were living in Ipswich, where Ernest was a Boilermaker when he enlisted in the AIF in May 1916. Ernest served as a Private (Service No:2345) with 42nd Infantry Battalion and 15th Infantry Battalion, and was WiA in France on two occasions. He was Discharged in January 1920.
Returning to Ipswich, QLD, Ernest worked as a Driller until he and Dora retired to Murwillumbah in NSW in 1949. Following Dora's death in 1961, Ernest moved to Southport in QLD where he died in 1973.