ARMISTEAD, Ernest John
| Service Number: | 2216 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Boonah, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Boonah, Surf Coast, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 27 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle I B 5 |
| Memorials: | Bambra Honor Roll For God, King and Country, Bambra Roll of Honor, Deans Marsh District Roll of Honor, Winchelsea WWI Memorial, Yarra Junction Avenue of Honour |
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Harriet ARMISTEAD
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Ernest John Armistead (Service No:2116) enlisted in the AIF on 23 June 1915 and was attached to 22nd Infantry Battalion on 27 September 1915 when he embarked with his Unit from Melbourne for Egypt on board HMAT A20 Hororata. On 19 March 1916, Private Armistead embarked from Alexandria for Marseilles for service on the Western Front with the British Expeditionary Forces. He was attached to 22nd Infantry Battalion on 27 July 1917 when he was KiA at Pozieres, France. Included in his effects returned to his family were a Testament, Prayer Book and religious text, his Identity Disc, photos, a metal ring, a rug, comforter and scarves, cigarettes and a pipe, and colours.
Ernie was born in 1891 at Deans Marsh via Winchelsea, Victoria, fifth of eight children of John Armistead (b1855 in Geelong, Victoria) and Harriet Elizabeth Mousley (b1857 in Geelong, Victoria). John and Harriet married in 1883 at Bambra, Victoria and settled in the Winchelsea region (Deans Marsh, Birregurra and Boonah) where John was a Bullock Driver and Farmer. Harriet died in 1907, and John died in 1919 ('self inflicted death by shotgun' - Inquest).
Ernie worked as a Timber Splitter/Labourer at Boonah via Birregurra before enlisting in the AIF.
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