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BURPEE, Ernest William
Service Number: | 1944 |
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Enlisted: | 11 August 1915 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Goodwood Park, South Australia, 12 April 1891 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Wool Classer |
Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 29 January 1947, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia General - Path 11 - Grave 692 |
Memorials: | Cherry Gardens WW1 Roll of Honour, Clarendon Methodist Church and Sunday School Honour Board, Yorketown Bublacowie Coromandel Valley Baptist Church Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted | |
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10 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 1944, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
10 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 1944, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Warilda, Adelaide | |
1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From the 9th Light Horse Regiment ex 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
23 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Reverted to the rank of Bombardier on 1 July 1917 | |
30 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1944, Shell shock and nasal obstruction | |
5 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1944, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 4th Military District. | |
11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 1944 | |
Date unknown: | Wounded 1944 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Benjamin Burpee and Jessie Burpee nee Johnston of Goodwood, SA. Brother of Harold Stanley Burpee and Norman Reginald Burpee
On 6 April 1915 Ernest married Annie Weymouth in the Coromandel Baptist Church, SA. Father of Lois Weymouth Burpee, Joyce Weymouth Burpee and Rosalynd Weymouth Burpee
Residential address at the time of death was Clarence Park, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 18 November 1917 on board HT Survic disembarlking on 27 September 1917
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Preiously served with the Blackwood Rifles for about 4 years