MUNT, Ernest James
| Service Numbers: | 8954, Q187592 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 18 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Firewood Sawyer |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 16 August 1962, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8954, 2 Field Regiment AMF | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 8954, 2 Field Regiment AMF, ex Sydney per A20 Hororata | |
| 6 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Division Engineers, 2nd Division Field Engineers | |
| 3 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Division Engineers | |
| 12 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 8954, 2nd Division Engineers, per Soudan for Sydney, NSW |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, Q187592 | |
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| 9 Jul 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 9 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q187592, 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) | |
| 1 Aug 1944: | Discharged | |
| 1 Aug 1944: | Discharged Q187592, 1 Garrison Brigade, Private | |
| 1 Aug 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q187592, 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ernest was the sixth of eleven children of William George Munt (born 1859 in Oxfordshire, England) and first wife Isabella (Bella) Cully (born 1859 in Ipswich, QLD). William immigrated to Brisbane, QLD in 1874, and was working in Ipswich, QLD as a Labourer when he married Bella in 1881. William and Bella lived in Ipswich, where William was a Cordial Maker. He remarried following Bella's death in 1921.
Ernest was a Labourer and Firewood Sawyer in Ipswich, QLD and enlisted in the AIF in January 1915. He served as a Private and Sapper (Service No:8954) with 6th Field Coy Engineers and 2nd Field Coy Engineers. Ernest was Discharged in August 1919 and returned to Ipswich, QLD and worked as a Labourer.
In 1920 Ernest married Elizabeth Emily Harvey (born 1897 in Ipswich, QLD) - Emily was a Waitress. Ernest and Emily settled in Ipswich, where Ernest was working as a Labourer in July 1940 when he enlisted in the ACMF as a Private (Service No:Q187592). He was attached to 1 Garrison Battalion when he was Discharged in August 1944. Half brother Gordon Selwyn Munt (RAN, Service No:3391) and Brother-in-Law Mervyn Samuel Molloy (Service Nos:QX58592/Q128385) served in WWII.
Ernest and Elizabeth remained in Ipswich QLD, where Ernest worked as a Labourer. He died in 1962 and Elizabeth in 1974.