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From Australian Remembrance Army

Private Abraham Ineson (Service No. 299), an Australian World War One veteran, is among almost 800 previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery we have now honoured with a plaque recognising their service for Australia.

On 23 September 2023, his plaque was unveiled in Lutwyche Cemetery, along with a further 300 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of Australian World War One veterans:
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Abraham Ineson was born on 2 March 1885 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, to Isaac Ineson and Annie Ineson (née Shuttleworth). Around 1911 he emigrated to Australia. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Rockhampton on 16 September 1914, aged 28, stating his occupation as miner and naming his mother Annie, in England, as his next of kin.

He embarked for overseas service on 12 April 1915, joining the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on the Gallipoli Peninsula. During the campaign, he was hospitalised several times for diarrhoea and gastritis and was evacuated to the 3rd General Hospital on Lemnos and the 4th Field Ambulance at Mudros. On 29 October 1915 he was sent to England aboard the Aquitania and admitted to the 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol, suffering from chronic gastritis and exhaustion after months of front-line service.

Following convalescence, he was posted to the 47th Battalion at Serapeum, Egypt, in June 1916. He later proceeded to France, landing at Marseilles on 9 June 1916, and shortly afterwards was admitted to hospital with a septic foot. He returned to duty within weeks, but in late August 1916 was wounded in action in France, sustaining a severe gunshot wound to the left knee. He was evacuated through the 44th Casualty Clearing Station and the 8th Stationary Hospital at Wimereux before being transferred to England aboard the hospital ship Austrias. Admitted to the 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, he underwent a lengthy recovery before returning to duty at Perham Downs and Codford. By early 1917 he was again fit for service and rejoined his battalion in Belgium, remaining with it through the remainder of the year.

Ineson returned to Australia in February 1918 aboard Llanstephan Castle on transport and general duties, after almost three years of continuous overseas service. He spent several months in Australia on home leave, during which time he likely undertook light administrative or instructional duties. In September 1918 he again volunteered for service abroad and embarked from Sydney on HMAT A41. During the voyage he contracted influenza and was treated in the ship’s hospital before resuming duty. He arrived in England shortly after the Armistice and was posted to the 5th, 12th and later 2nd Training Battalions at Fovant, Codford and Sutton Veny, where he remained on administrative and training duties until mid-1919.

Private Abraham Ineson was demobilised in London on 3 July 1919, having served for more than four years across Gallipoli, Egypt, France and England.

Following his return to Australia, he is recorded as living in Brisbane working casually as a labourer when his health allowed. At the age of 63, he was working as a Commonwealth Peace Officer.

Private Abraham Ineson was found deceased at his home at Cribb Island on 10 October 1955, aged 70, and three days later was interred in Anzac Portion 8, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane. His medical file records his cause of death as lobar pneumonia and malnutrition. Later, the Public Curator who was administering his estate, returned his war medals to Base Records for destruction. He was a single man who never married and had no known children.

After decades without recognition at his place of burial, his grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice. His identity and dignity have now been restored.
We have remembered him.
Lest We Forget.