TOWNSHEND, Ernest
| Other Name: | Townsend, Ernest - Australian War Memorial - Boer War Nominal Roll- 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
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| Service Numbers: | 681, 99, 289, 195 |
| Enlisted: | 11 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1875 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1924, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Newtown Superior Public School Great War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 681 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 99, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 99, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 99, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 289, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Private, 289, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Private, 289, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Mar 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 289, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Time Expired | |
| 24 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 195, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 195, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 195, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 15 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 195, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Ernest Townshend was born in 1875 at Bathurst, NSW, a son to John Herbert Townshend and Mary Hannah Townshend (nee Hutchinson-Parkin). He married Amy Hedger in 1903 at Newtown, NSW.
He served twice in the South African (Boer) War and twice in WW1.
Boer War services- Private S.N. 99, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen and Private S.N. 681, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (2nd Draft).
WW1 services- Private S.N. 289, 1st Battalion, Naval and Military Forces (Special Tropical Corps) and Private S.N. 195, 12th Light Horse Regiment AIF transferring to the 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron AIF.
(sources AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 481 and 519; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).
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