SEMPLE, Ernest Alfred
| Service Number: | 1568 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 December 1914, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tas., 1 August 1876 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Repatriation General Hospital, Hobart, Tas., 2 November 1952, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Church of England; Section TT; Site No. 145. |
| Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1568, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1568, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1568, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Lackey Crichton SEMPLE and Eliza nee DAVIS
Husband of Mary Alice SEMPLE (divorced December 1938)
SEMPLE v. SEMPLE
Ernest Alfred Semple, In support of his petition for divorce, informed the Court that he lived with his wife, Mary Alice Semple, at Queenstown for five months after they were married in September, 1909, and had since found no trace of her.
Three weeks after marriage, he said, she wanted to come to Hobart, but he refused, as his job was at Queenstown. One day in February followlng the marriage he returned home and found she had gone. He had not seen her from that day. Neighbours said she had left in the train. He went to the war in 1914, and continued his inquiries when he returned in 1918.
Asked why he had not brought the suit before, witness said he did not think he could get a divorce if his wife's whereabouts were not known.
The decree nisi was granted.
Mr. H. G. Ryan (Gatenby, Johnson, and Walker) appeared for petitioner.
Married Amelia nee Mason
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