STINTON, Ernest William
| Service Number: | WX618 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 9 November 1939, Northam, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Division Signals |
| Born: | Greenbushes, Western Australia, 8 August 1914 |
| Home Town: | Busselton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Truck Driver |
| Died: | Illness, New Guinea, 21 June 1945, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery QQ A 13 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Busselton War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Signalman, WX618 | |
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| 9 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX618, Northam, WA | |
| 20 Apr 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX618, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, per HMAT Y3 to Kantara (2/11 Infantry Battalion) | |
| 3 Mar 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX618, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, ex Middle East to Greece | |
| 8 Apr 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX618, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, ex Middle East to Ceylon | |
| 17 Nov 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, WX618, 6th Division Signals | |
| 23 Feb 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, WX618, ex New Guinea to Cairns | |
| 7 Nov 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, WX618, 6th Division Signals, ex Cairns to Aitape | |
| 21 Jun 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX618, 6th Division Signals |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of David Josiah and Constance Stinton, of Ambergate, Western Australia.
HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Born in Greenbushes WA in 1914, Ernie was the second of seven children of David Josiah Stinton (b1889 in Bunbury WA) and Constance Stroud (b1895 in Capel, WA). David (aka Josiah; a Mill Hand at Nangs Brook) and Constance married in 1912 in Blackwood, WA. Josiah was closely associated with early group settlement activities, and in 1923 carted timber to the group settlements - Constance, who sometimes accompanied him on the horse and dray had witnessed the hardhsips faced by the group settlers and 'had seen wives, after inspecting their virgin land, just sit down under a tree and cry' (Busselton Margaret River Times; 1981). Josiah and Constance lived in Bridgetown WA where Josiah worked as a Tin Miner, and at Lilyvale where he was a Farmer. Josiah and Constance retired to Busseltown.
Ernie was working as a Truck Driver in Busselton in November 1939 when he enlisted in the Australian Army (Private; Service No:WX618). He served in the Middle East, Greece and New Guinea with 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion and 6th Division Signals. Ernie was hospitalised with Rubella in December 1939. pneumonia in 1944 and in June 1945 was hosptalised in New Guinea (104 Casualty Clearing Station) with Scrub Typhus and Malaria. Ernie died on 26 June 1945 and was initially 'buried in the field' and in January 1946 was reburied in Wewak War Cemetery.
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