1109
BAINGER, Ernest Lionel
| Service Number: | 1109 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Rosebery, South Australia, 4 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 14 November 1985, aged 90 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia General AC 5 285 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1109, 4th Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1109, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
Ernest Lionel Bainger
Ernest Lionel Bainger was born on the 4th of December 1894 in Rosebury (Collinswood), South Australia. To parents William Andrews Bainger and Ester Gully. He attended the Parkside Methodist School, and Adelaide High School and is listed on their WW1 Honour Board.
Ern was living at 181 Wattle Street, Malvern, Adelaide in 1914 and working as a clerk. He enlisted in the AIF on the 16th of September 1914 at 20 years of age. As a private (Service no. 1109) in the 4th Field Ambulance he embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Berrima A35 on the 22nd of December 1914. He saw service at Gallipoli. It seems the unit landed on the beach some days after the initial landings. He was admitted to the Gallipoli Hospital on 10th of May 1915. Ern was returned to Australia on the 11th of May 1916 and discharged on the 24th of July 1916 as medically unfit. He received the 1914/15 Star.
Ern married Eileen Maude Lee on the 4th of December 1918. She passed away on the 10th of April 1969.
Ern worked for The Mail Newspapers Limited in Adelaide. His profession was listed as clerk and on his Death Notice as Assistant Secretary.
Ern and Teenie Aubrey Parham met at the Resthaven Retirement Village in Marion, South Australia. They were married in 1983.
Ern died of natural causes on the 14th of November 1985 at Resthaven, Marion South Australia.
Submitted 29 February 2024 by Kym Truscott
Biography
Son of William Andrews BAINGER and Esther nee GULLY
Returned to Australia and medically discharged on 24 Jul 1916
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