Ernest Thomas SELWAY

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SELWAY, Ernest Thomas

Service Number:	62046
Enlisted:	1 November 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Mobile Veterinary Section
Born:	Norwood, South Australia, 1 November 1899
Home Town:	North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Warradale, South Australia, 7 October 1980, aged 80 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board, Adelaide Royal Oak Lodge Honor Roll, North Adelaide Christ Church Honour Board

World War 1 Service

1 Nov 1917:	Enlisted
6 Aug 1918:	Embarked Private, 62046, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, SS Gaika, Adelaide
6 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 62046, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: SS Gaika embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 62046
1 Jul 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 62046, 4th Mobile Veterinary Section, per Frankfurt
2 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 62046, 4th Mobile Veterinary Section

World War 2 Service

28 Dec 1943:	Enlisted Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Ernest was the second of five children of Thomas Mauger Selway (b1877 in Stepney, South Australia) and Emilia Louisa Paulina Schottelius (b1879 in Norwood, South Australia). Thomas (a Butcher) and Emilia married in 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia where they settled and raised their family.

Ernest was a Clerk in 1917 when he enlisted in the AIF. He had previously had four years with Senior Cadets and transferred to the Militia (21st ASC). Ernest served in France (Private; Service No:62046) with 43rd Infantry Battalion and 4th Mobile Veterinary Section. He was Discharged in September 1919.

In 1924 Ernest married Rita Lenore Bird (b1900 in Solomontown, South Australia). The couple settled in Hindmarsh, SA where Ernest was a Butcher in 1943 when he enlisted in the RAAF (Leading Aircraftman; Service No:152008).

By the early 1950s Ernest and Rita had Divorced, and in 1959 Ernest married Clarice Grace Paul (nee Coles; b1901 in Solomontown, Port Pirie, SA). Ernest died in 1980 and Clarice in 1982.

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