Ernest Joseph AVERAY

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Service Number:	2689
Enlisted:	5 August 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Brompton, South Australia, 25 February 1896
Home Town:	Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	2 May 1971, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia Plot 5428-31, Path 30 South. Nailsworth, South Australia.
Memorials:	Keswick Prospect Methodist Sunday School Honour Board WW1, Prospect Methodist Sunday School Honour Roll, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board

5 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
21 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2689, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2689, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide
19 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2689
24 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2689, 5th Pioneer Battalion

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Mother, Mrs Elizabeth Averay, Clifton Street, Prospect, South Australia

Wife Audrey Malvina

Described on enlisting as 21 years old; single; Methodist

5/8/1916 Enlisted in Adelaide

21/9/1916 Embarked from Adelaide onboard HMAT A73 Commonwealth
Lance Corporal in the 5th Pioneer Battalion

3/3/1919 Returned to Australia

2/5/1971        Died
buried in:       North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia
                      Plot 5428-31; Path 30 South

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 1 October 2014. Lest we forget.