LAKEY, Ernest Thomas
| Service Number: | 1768 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 31 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Granville Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Trainee Engineman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Sp Mem C 47, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1768, 3rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Ernest Thomas LAKEY (Service Number 1768) was born in Sydney on 31st March 1896. he was educated at Granville Public School.
He joined the NSW Governemtn Railways as a shop boy at Eveleigh workshops in December 1911. In 1913 he was promoted to cleaner, which is the first step on the career path of an engineman. In February 1915 he enlisted in the AIF at Liverpool.
He was allotted to the 4th Reinforcements of the 3rd Battalion. He was embarked from Sydney in March 1915. He was ‘taken on strength’ by the 3rd Battalion on 31st May and sent to Gallipoli.
He was killed in action between 7th and 12th August 1915.
He was believed to have been buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery, although his actual grave is unknown. He is remembered with honour there.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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