Private: 1230 Ernest ROUNSLEY.

35th BATTALION AIF - 9th AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE. A.A.M.C.

Private: 1230 Ernest ROUNSLEY.

Born: 1891. Tanfield Lea, Durham, England.

Married: 1921. Hamilton via Newcastle, N.S.W. Marriage Cert:9195/1921.

Wife: Maud (Maudie) Rounsley. nee: Lloyd. (18..-1980)

Died: 9th November 1947. New Lambton via New Castle, New South Wales, Australia. Death Cert:28228/1947.

Father: Eli Rounsley.

Mother: Isabel Rounsley.

INFORMATION

71 years ago today, on the 11th November 1947, Private Ernest Rounsley, 9th Australian Field Ambulance, labourer of Hampton Avenue, Adamstown, New South Wales and 4 Mackie Avenue, New Lambton, N.S.W., father of two, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 56. METHODIST 4-19. 16.

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Born at Tanfield Lea, Durham, England about 1891 to Eli and Isabel Rounsley; husband of Maud (Maudie) Rounsley nee Lloyd (married 1921, died 1980), Ernest enlisted January 1916 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.

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Wounded in action - 28.2.1917, 7.5.1917, 7.5.1918 (GSW right thigh), Ernest returned home August 1919.

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His name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial (photo, Panel 3), Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Sulphide Corporation Pty Ltd Cockle Creek Works Roll of Honour and the Adamstown Loyal Pride (126) M.U., I.O.O.F. Roll of Honour - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137099947

Adamstown War Memorial