Ernest George FERNLEY

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FERNLEY, Ernest George

Service Numbers:	W54930, WX36132
Enlisted:	20 March 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9 Field Regiment AMF
Born:	London, England, 17 September 1908
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Builder's Labourer
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World War 2 Service

20 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, W54930, 22 Field Regiment AMF
5 Dec 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, W54930, 22 Field Regiment AMF
5 Dec 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX36132
15 Jun 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, WX36132, 9 Field Regiment AMF, ex Cairns to Morotai per LST777
20 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, WX36132, 9 Field Regiment AMF, ex Morotai to Borneo per LST935
3 Jan 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, WX36132, 9 Field Regiment AMF, ex Singapore to Sydney per Moreton Bay
15 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX36132

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Ernest was the second of six children of George Fernley (b1878 in London, England) and Alice Marjorie Foster (b1881 in Herfordshire, England). George (a Factory Labourer) and Alice married in London in 1905 and settled in London where George was a Stevedore/Waterside Worker. George died in 1916 and in June 1923 Alice emigrated with her children, arriving in Fremantle WA on board the Benalla. By 1924 Alice had remarried in Katanning WA to Alexander May - a Farmer in Wagin.

Ernest worked in Perth, WA as a Builder's Labourer and in 1933 married Catherine Meldrum (nee Williams; b1902 in the Murchison, WA). Ernest enlisted in the ACMF in March 1942 (Sapper; Service No:W54930) and Discharged in December 1942 to enlist in the AIF (Sapper; Service No:WX36132). He served with 2/9 Field Coy in Borneo (23 June 1945 - 19 December 1945) and was Discharged in January 1946. Brother John Leonard (WX11381) and Step Daughter Leslie Jean Meldrum (WF91343) also served in WWII.

Back in Perth WA, Ernest and Catherine settled in Perth (Rivervale) WA where Ernest worked as a Labourer. Catherine died in 1981.

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