POSCHALK, Ernest Frederick
| Service Number: | Q273551 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 February 1945 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Royal Australian Engineers Training Battalion |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 9 January 1927 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Maryborough State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Junior Motor Mechanic (unemployed) |
| Died: | Training Accident, Kapooka, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1945, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wagga Wagga War Cemetery Plot B. Row B. Grave 12. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, Q273551 | |
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| 3 Feb 1945: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, Q273551, 1st Royal Australian Engineers Training Battalion | |
| 17 Feb 1945: | Involvement Sapper, Q273551 | |
| 17 Feb 1945: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q273551, 1st Royal Australian Engineers Training Battalion | |
| 17 Feb 1945: | Enlisted | |
| 21 May 1945: | Discharged | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q273551, 1st Royal Australian Engineers Training Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ernest was the only child of Ernest (Snr) Augustus Poschalk (born 1902 at Kirk River in QLD) and Celia Elizabeth Cox (born 1903 in Townsville, QLD). Ernest Snr was a Clerk (Public Servant) in Townsville in 1925 when he married Celia. The family moved with Ernest Snr's job, living in Roma, Cairns, Maryborough, Brisbane and Ipswich QLD. Celia died in 1951 in Ipswich, QLD and Ernest Snr remarried.
On 3 February 1945 Ernest Jnr was an unemployed Junior Motor Mechanic living in Maryborough, QLD when he enlisted in the AMF. He was a Sapper (Service No:Q273551) with 1st Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) Training Battalion at Kapooka, QLD when he was accidentally killed by an explosion.
Biography contributed by Cath Rehbein
Ernest was the oldest child of Ernest Augustus Poschalk and Celia Cox. The above details of Ernest Snr working life is correct too.
Ernest Snr and Celia went on to have 3 other children. Kevin, Gordon (my father) and Beth.
If you want to learn more about Ernie's death and the terrible circumstances, please refer to "The Forgotten Rising Sons" by Andrew Johnston. The recounting of the deaths of 26 young volunteer soldiers - the "Kapooka Tragedy". This happened only a few months before the end of the war in the Pacific. Ernie was a talented musician and was engaged to be married. He is still sadly missed by the Poschalk family
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