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FLINT, Ernest Edwin
| Service Number: | 1571 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 31 October 1883 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carrier |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 21 June 1950, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) |
| Memorials: | Canning District R.S.L. Memorial, East Victoria Park Memorial Wall, Victoria Park War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1571, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1571, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1571, 10th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mongolia, Fremantle | |
| 20 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 1571, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 29 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1571, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ, embarked Port Said for Fremantle on board HT Dorset | |
| 28 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1571, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Ernest Edwin Flint (Service No:1571) enlisted in the AIF on 24 August 1915 as a Private posted to 3 Depot Squadron. Private Flint was attached to 10th Light Horse Regiment on 22 November 915 when he embarked with his Unit from Fremantle for Suez on board HMAT RMS Mongolia. Promoted to Corporal on 20 March 1917, he served in Egypt and Palestine, embarking from Port Said for Fremantle on 29 April 1919 on board HT Dorset. Corporal Flint was attached to 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ at Discharge on 28 July 1919.
Born in Bendigo, Victoria in 1883, Edwin was third of seven children of William Burrows Flint (b1842 in Warwickshire, England) and Amelia Edwards (b1854 in Adelaide, South Australia). William (an Engine Smith in England) and Amelia married in 1872 in Bendigo, where they settled and raised their family and William was a Miner. By 1909 William and Amelia and their family had moved to the Western Australian Goldfields, and lived in Gwalia and Kalgoorlie where William was a Prospector and Manager. In 1914 they moved to Perth, where William was a Salesman.
Ernest worked as a Miner and Labourer in Gwalia and Kalgoorlie, and in Perth in 1911 married Margaret Mary Oliphant Jack (b1881 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland) - Mary had immigrated in 1909, arriving in Fremantle on board the Mongolia. Edwin and Mary settled in Perth, where they raised their family, and Edwin was a Carrier in 1915 when he enlisted in the AIF. Following his Discharge, Edwin returned to Perth, where he worked as a Carrier and Storeman until 1923, when he moved to Adelaide, leaving Margaret and their children in Perth. Edwin died in Adelaide in 1950, and Margaret died in Perth in 1967.
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Ernest Edwin Flint (Service No:1571) enlisted in the AIF on 24 August 1915 as a Private posted to 3 Depot Squadron. Private Flint was attached to 10th Light Horse Regiment on 22 November 915 when he embarked with his Unit from Fremantle for Suez on board HMAT RMS Mongolia. Promoted to Corporal on 20 March 1917, he served in Egypt and Palestine, embarking from Port Said for Fremantle on 29 April 1919 on board HT Dorset. Corporal Flint was attached to 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ at Discharge on 28 July 1919.
Born in Bendigo, Victoria in 1883, Edwin was third of seven children of William Burrows Flint (b1842 in Warwickshire, England) and Amelia Edwards (b1854 in Adelaide, South Australia). William (an Engine Smith in England) and Amelia married in 1872 in Bendigo, where they settled and raised their family and William was a Miner. By 1909 William and Amelia and their family had moved to the Western Australian Goldfields, and lived in Gwalia and Kalgoorlie where William was a Prospector and Manager. In 1914 they moved to Perth, where William was a Salesman.
Ernest worked as a Miner and Labourer in Gwalia and Kalgoorlie, and in Perth in 1911 married Margaret Mary Oliphant Jack (b1881 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland) - Mary had immigrated in 1909, arriving in Fremantle on board the Mongolia. Edwin and Mary settled in Perth, where they raised their family, and Edwin was a Carrier in 1915 when he enlisted in the AIF. Following his Discharge, Edwin returned to Perth, where he worked as a Carrier and Storeman until 1923, when he moved to Adelaide, leaving Margaret and their children in Perth. Edwin died in Adelaide in 1950, and Margaret died in Perth in 1967.
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