Ernest John (Ernie) ARMISTEAD

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ARMISTEAD, Ernest John

Service Number:	2216
Enlisted:	23 June 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Boonah, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Boonah, Surf Coast, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 27 July 1916
Cemetery:	Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle I B 5
Memorials:	Bambra Honor Roll For God, King and Country, Bambra Roll of Honor, Deans Marsh District Roll of Honor, Winchelsea WWI Memorial, Yarra Junction Avenue of Honour

World War 1 Service

23 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2216, 22nd Infantry Battalion
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2216, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2216, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
19 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2216, 22nd Infantry Battalion, embarked Alexandria for Marseilles

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John and Harriet ARMISTEAD

Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Ernest John Armistead (Service No:2116) enlisted in the AIF on 23 June 1915 and was attached to 22nd Infantry Battalion on 27 September 1915 when he embarked with his Unit from Melbourne for Egypt on board HMAT A20 Hororata. On 19 March 1916, Private Armistead embarked from Alexandria for Marseilles for service on the Western Front with the British Expeditionary Forces. He was attached to 22nd Infantry Battalion on 27 July 1917 when he was KiA at Pozieres, France. Included in his effects returned to his family were a Testament, Prayer Book and religious text, his Identity Disc, photos, a metal ring, a rug, comforter and scarves, cigarettes and a pipe, and colours.

Ernie was born in 1891 at Deans Marsh via Winchelsea, Victoria, fifth of eight children of John Armistead (b1855 in Geelong, Victoria) and Harriet Elizabeth Mousley (b1857 in Geelong, Victoria). John and Harriet married in 1883 at Bambra, Victoria and settled in the Winchelsea region (Deans Marsh, Birregurra and Boonah) where John was a Bullock Driver and Farmer. Harriet died in 1907, and John died in 1919 ('self inflicted death by shotgun' - Inquest).

Ernie worked as a Timber Splitter/Labourer at Boonah via Birregurra before enlisting in the AIF.

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