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AISTROPE, Ernest Edward
| Service Number: | 2868 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | 18 April 1970, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2868, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 6 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2868, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Ernest Aistrope was born in January 1898, growing up in Adelaide South Australia. He lived just off Carrington Street on 8 Penny Place with his father and mother, Henry Aistrope and Beatrice Maud Aistrope. His mother, Beatrice, was listed as his next of kin. Ernest was a part of the Church of England religion. He was a bootmaker at the time when he attempted to enlist for service in the war. At this time he had the marital status of single. On the 2nd of October, 1916, Ernest enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) in Adelaide at the age of 18 year and 9 months old.
To be enlisted, Ernest had to undergo a complete body exam. Ernest’s height was 5 feet and 2 inches, and had a weight of 51kg. He had black hair, dark brown eyes, medium complexion, and a 30.32-inch chest.
Ernest embarked South Australia, Adelaide, on board His Majesty’s Australian Transport (HMAT) A19 Afric on the 6th of November 1916. He disembarked Afric at Plymouth England on the 9th of January 1917. A day later Ernest then travelled to Codford England to enter the 13th Training Battalion and was taken on strength. Ernest exited the 13th Training Battalion on the 13th of March 1917 and proceeded to go overseas from Folkstone England to Étaples, France. He arrived at the 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot (A.D.B.D) on the 17th of March 1917. The Australian Divisional Base Depot was a training and reinforcement depot in Étaples for Australian soldiers to go before they were sent to the front lines. Ernest proceeded to join the 50th Battalion 24th March 1917.
Ernest was wounded in action 10th of April 1917 and was taken to the 56th Casualty Clearing station with wounds from shellfire (artillery explosion). The 8th Australian Field Ambulance then found bruising to Ernest’s left and right side.
Ernest was then transported to the 5th General Hospital on the 17th April 1917 who then decided to send him back to England. He went from Havre France to England, on a hospital ship named Panama, to be taken in by the Boscombe Military Hospital in Bournemouth from the 27th April 1917 to the 28th. The military hospital then confirmed that he had a gunshot wound on his left foot from the shellfire. Ernest went from Bournemouth to Weymouth England on the 27th May 1917, to go to the No 2 Command Depot. Ernest was sent overseas to Havre France for the second time from Folkstone England by the Australian Infantry Base Depot (A.I.B.D), on the 29th July 1917. Ernest then re-joined his unit, the 50th Battalion, and was sent back out into the field on the 8th August 1917.
A month later Ernest was wounded for the second time in action on the field. He received a gunshot wound on his left leg 13th September 1918, initially treated by field ambulance and casualty clearning Station he was sent to the 6th General Hospital on 16th September 1918. Ernest finally returned to Adelaide, South Australia from England in January of 1919, after 2 years and 2 months away from home.
After the war Ernest married Mary Taylor and they had 3 children together in Adelaide. Two boys, Ronald Edward Aistrope (oldest) and William Aistrope (middle child), and one daughter Dorothy Maud Aistrope (youngest).
Ernest Edward Aistrope unfortunately passed away on the eighteenth of August 1970, living until 72 years old and 7 months. His grave lays in the Centennial Park Cemetery in Adelaide, South Australia.
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