DINGWALL, Ernest William
| Service Number: | 533 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Inverness, Scotland, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | George Watson's Boys' College, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Cerebro spinal meningitis, 27th General Hospital, Mudros, Greece, 4 January 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Portianos Military Cemetery Plot 111,Row B, Grave 304 Chaplain A. Wishart officiated Headstone inscription reads: 'I want to go home' he said and his father took him home, Portianos Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 533, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 533, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 533, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William MacDonald Dingwall and Isabella Ranken Dingwall of Duncraig Street, Inverness, Scotland
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Ernest William Dingwall was the eldest son of a banker with the Bank of Scotland, William McDonald Dingwall of Dingwall in Scotland. His mother was Isabella and Ernest was born in Inverness, Scotland during 1896. He was educated at the Royal Academy Inverness and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh. He went to Australia on the 15 May 1913, just prior to his 17th birthday. Ernest was working on a farm at Glen Innes in NSW when he enlisted.
He was sent to Gallipoli during August 1915 and survived the fighting only to fall ill with cerebro spinal meningitis during November 1915. dying in hospital on Lemnos Island, Greece.
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