WILLOWS, Ernest Wickham
| Service Number: | 56425 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 April 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Meekatharra, Meekatharra, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor mechanic |
| Died: | Influenza & Pneumonia, Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, 15 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England 33. H. 8 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Apr 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 56425, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements | |
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| 29 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 56425, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Albany embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 56425, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, HMAT Marathon, Albany | |
| 27 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date – 15th November..... Private Ernest Wickham Willows was born at Bendigo, Victoria in late 1892. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 23rd April, 1918 as a 25 year old, single, Motor Mechanic from Meekatharra, Western Australia.
Private Ernest Willows embarked from Albany on HMAT Marathon (A74) on 29th July, 1918 & disembarked at London, England on 27th September, 1918. He was posted to 1st Training Battalion at Fovant, Wiltshire on 27th September, 1918.
Private Willows was sent sick with Influenza to Group Clearing Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 9th November, 1918. He was transferred & admitted to the Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 12th November, 1918 seriously ill with Influenza & Pneumonia.
Private Ernest Wickham Willows died at 18.15 hrs on 15th November, 1918 at the Military Hospital, Sutton Veny of Influenza & Pneumonia. He was buried in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian Soldiers & 2 Nurses are also buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/t--y.html
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