MICHAEL, Ernest Augustus Mowbray
| Service Number: | 2933 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Navua, Fiji , January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Manly Public School, New South Wales and King's College, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | GSW thigh and arm, War Hospital, Keighley, United Kingdom, 31 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Keighley (Morton) Cemetery, Yorkshire, England Special Memorial, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2933, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2933, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2933, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2933, Shell wound to the thigh and left arm. Invalided to England on 26 July 1916 | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2933, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW left thigh and arm Evacuated to England 26-27th July DoW 31st July |
Pte Ernest Augustus Mowbray Michael
From Steven Michael (great nephew)
Today I pause to remember Ernest Augustus Mowbray Michael (My great Grandfathers little brother). A New Zealander living in Fuji he traveled to Sydney and enlisted in as part of the 9th Reinforcements, 2nd Infantry Battalion AIF in July 1915. Wounded in action during the battle of Pozieres he was eventually shipped to England. He died of wounds on the 31st of July 1916. He was laid to rest in Morton Cemetery in Keighley, England.
RIP uncle Ernest.
Submitted 31 July 2019 by Evan Evans
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Mowbray Michael and Ella Purdie Michael of Navua, Fiji formerly of Sackville Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, NZ
29 November 1915 - to hospital with Mumps
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 31st July...... Private Ernest Augustus Mowbray Michael was born at Navua, Fiji in 1893, He attended Public School in Manly, Sydney, NSW & King’s College, Auckland, New Zealand. He served 2 years in Officer Training Corps at King’s College, Auckland, New Zealand.
Ernest Michael enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 30th July, 1915 as a 22 year old Storekeeper.
Private Michael embarked from Sydney, NSW on 30th September, 1915 with the 9th Reinforcements of 2nd Battalion. He was admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt on 29th November, 1915 & discharged to duty on 31st December, 1915 having been treated for Mumps.
Private Michael arrived in France on 28th March, 1916. He was wounded in action on 22nd July, 1916 with GSW to arm & thigh. Private Michael was invalided to England & admitted to War Hospital, Keighley, West Yorkshire, England on 28th July, 1916.
Private Ernest Augustus Mowbray Michael died at 4 am on 31st July, 1916 at War Hospital, Keighley, West Yorkshire, England from wounds received in action in France & acute septicaemia. He was buried in Morton Cemetery, Keighley, West Yorkshire, England & is remembered on the Special Memorial and is the only Soldier from the Australian Forces buried in this Cemetery.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/keighley.html
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