WAINWRIGHT, Ernest Ralph Percy
| Service Number: | 470 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 6 September 1880 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dentist |
| Died: | Esk, Queensland, Australia, 1 March 1944, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Esk Cemetery, Qld Plot: E00826 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 470, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 470, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 18 Jul 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 470, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 135, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Tagus arriving Brisbane 11 Jul 1901, discharged 18 Jul 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Ernest Ralph Percy Wainwright enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. A Sheckleton. In the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. was recorded as his aunt Mrs. A. Sheckleton, 123 Leichhardt St, Spring Hill.
Ernest Ralph Percy Wainwright was born on 6 Sep 1880 in Queensland, a son to Thomas Wainwright and Annie Wainwright (nee Ross). He married Florence Mary Mackney on 27 Apr 1910 at St Bartholomew's Church, Alstonville, NSW, and they had 2 children. He practised as a dentist at various locations including Nambour, Brisbane, Coolangatta, Esk and Toogoolawah. His 2 sons also served in World War 2.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 7; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 135; Obituary- The nambour Chronicle, 2 Mar 1944).
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