ROUNSLEY, Ernest
| Service Number: | 1230 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Tantobie, Durham, England, September 1890 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 9 November 1947, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-19. 16. |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1230, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1230, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1230, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 28 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1230, 35th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Concussion shell | |
| 7 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1230, 35th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW right cheek | |
| 7 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1230, 35th Infantry Battalion, GSW right thigh | |
| 16 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Field Ambulance | |
| 5 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1230, 9th Field Ambulance, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.
75 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 11th November 1947, Private Ernest Rounsley, 9th Australian Field Ambulance (Nursing Staff, Reg No-1230), labourer (Sulphide Corporation Pty. Limited) from Hampton Avenue, Adamstown, New South Wales and 4 Mackie Avenue, New Lambton, N.S.W., father of two (Neville and Keith), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 56. METHODIST 4-19. 16.
Born at Tanfield Lea, Durham, England about 1891 to Eli and Isabel Rounsley of 11 John Street, Tanfield Terrace, Tantobie, Durham, England; husband of Maud (Maudie) Rounsley nee Lloyd (married 1921, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 1980, age 84, sleeping here), Ernest enlisted January 1916 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 28.2.1917 (shell concussion), 7.5.1917 (GSW right cheek), 7.5.1918 (GSW right thigh, mild).
Invalided to England 11.5.1918.
Roll of Honour, 23.7.1918, for Private Stanley G A Penfold, 35th Battalion, KIA 4.4.1918, awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery - ANGLICAN 1-41. 89., by his loving friend, Private E. Rounsley.
Ernest returned home August 1919, discharge date unknown.
Mr. Rounsley’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Adamstown Municipal District Roll of Honor, Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Sulphide Corporation Pty Ltd Cockle Creek Works Roll of Honour and the Adamstown Loyal Pride (126) M.U.I.O.O.F. Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of Ernest’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record incorrectly states Died after Discharge, 9/11/1951, died 9/11/1947.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance - Rookwood Cemetery - Sydney.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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