WHEATLEY, Ernest
| Service Number: | 1265 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 24 May 1883 |
| Home Town: | Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Billiard Marker |
| Died: | Warners Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 3 September 1952, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Location of Ashes - Rose Fa 5/6. |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour, Minmi St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1265, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1265, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1265, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 16 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1265, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically discharged (wounding) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 79 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 58th name inscribed is Lance Corporal Ernest James Wheatley.
On the Thursday afternoon of the 4th September 1952, the funeral was held at Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W. for Lance Corporal Ernest James Wheatley, referred to as Curley, 34th Battalion (Reg No-1265), billiard maker from Vincent Street, Cessnock, New South Wales and Howard Street, Warners Bay, N.S.W., age 69 years 3 months. Ashes interred Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W., date unknown. Location of Ashes - Rose Fa 5/6.
WHEATLEY, Ernest James, Death notice, 3rd SEP 1952, late of Warners Bay, Newcastle Herald, 13th SEP 1952.
Born at Lambton, New South Wales on the 24th May 1883 to Charles Louis, died 11.4.1922, Minmi, N.S.W., age 70, buried at Minmi Cemetery, N.S.W., Right Hand Side, Section 27, Plot 007, unmarked grave and Mary Jane Wheatley nee Ritchie, died 3.6.1940, Cessnock, N.S.W., age?, mother of 8, sleeping at Minmi Cemetery, N.S.W., Right Hand Side, Section 27, Plot 007, unmarked grave; husband of Isabella Parker Wheatley nee Hill, married 1922, Cessnock, N.S.W., died 4.9.1986, Belmont North, N.S.W., age 95, 34 years a widow.
Curley enlisted on the 19th January 1916, age 32 years 7 months, at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A20 Hororata on the 2nd May 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 23.6.1916.
Admitted to hospital 11.10.1916 (influenza).
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Southampton, England 21.11.1916.
Appointed Lance Corporal in France 7.1.1917.
Wounded in action - 8.6.1917 (GSW left shoulder & head, Battle of Messines).
Admitted to hospital 11.7.1917.
Curley arrived home on the 16th April 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 16th October 1918.
Mr. Wheatley’s name has also been inscribed on the Minmi St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour and the Cessnock War Memorial. Service record states Died, 3/9/1952, Imp War Graves List No. 125.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Officially commemorated - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...#.
I would like to see poppies placed at Curley’s plaque in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Older brother Francis Henry Wheatley, Frank, born 28.7.1881, North Lambton, New South Wales, married engine driver from Alexander Street, Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, enlisted 29.4.1916, West Maitland, N.S.W., Tunnelling Companies Reinforcements, Reg No-5860, age 34 years 9 months, Sapper, admitted to hospital 6.3.1918 (trench fever), 3.11.1918 (crushed fingers), RTA invalided 19.2.1919, discharged medically unfit 11.4.1919, 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company, died 3.4.1951, 30 Kolang Street, Blacksmiths, N.S.W., age 69, not officially commemorated, ashes scattered in general plot at Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W. Name not inscribed on the Kurri Kurri War Memorial.
See The Harrower Collection - https://harrowercollection.com.au/#
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/minmi-roll-of-honour/.
Lest We Forget.
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