Ernest was the son of George Henry and Florence Henry nee Hayward, of Poowong, Victoria.
Parents:
George – Born 1840 Ireland– Died 28.4.1903 Poowong (Arrived in Australia 1854 on Ship Conway)
Parents: Thomas Henry and Mary Moffat Married 1820
Married in 1868 to
Florence Eliza – Born 1846 Paddington, UK – Died 28.11.1942 Loch
Parents: George Hayward and Eliza Nash Married on 7.7.1845
Siblings:
Arthur Thomas - Born 1871 Geelong - Died 20.7.1956 Yarram
(Married in 1914 to Ada Mary Baxter)
Florence Maude- Born 1873 Geelong - Died 9.9.1954 Loch
Frederick George - Born 1875 Geelong - Died 15.12.1949 Poowong
Annie Margaret - Born 1877 Poowong - Died 1959 Loch
(Death registered as Margaret Ann)
Alexander James - Born 1879 Collingwood - Died 21.7.1975 Korumburra
Edith Alice - Born 1881 Poowong - Died 1953 Korumburra
(Married in 1907 to John Ballantyne)
Grace Lilian– Born 1886 Poowong – Died 4.6.1909 Toorak
Rose Isabella - Born 1888 Poowong - Died 1978 Korumburra
Victor - Born 1890 Poowong– Died 1890 Poowong (Age 3 months)
A Driver with the Australian Field Artillery, 5th Div. Ammunition Col. Service Number: 32149.
Country of Service Australian. Occupation prior to joining Grocer.
Casualty of War: Died: Influenza, severe, Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire. His remains were buried at St. John the Evangelist Churchyard.
The wording on his gravestone was approved by his Mother.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Poowong Great War Honour Board, Poowong War Memorial.
View Cenotaph here
Ernest was the son of George Henry and Florence Henry nee Hayward, of Poowong, Victoria.
Parents:
George – Born 1840 Ireland– Died 28.4.1903 Poowong (Arrived in Australia 1854 on Ship Conway)
Parents: Thomas Henry and Mary Moffat Married 1820
Married in 1868 to
Florence Eliza – Born 1846 Paddington, UK – Died 28.11.1942 Loch
Parents: George Hayward and Eliza Nash Married on 7.7.1845
Siblings:
Arthur Thomas - Born 1871 Geelong - Died 20.7.1956 Yarram
(Married in 1914 to Ada Mary Baxter)
Florence Maude- Born 1873 Geelong - Died 9.9.1954 Loch
Frederick George - Born 1875 Geelong - Died 15.12.1949 Poowong
Annie Margaret - Born 1877 Poowong - Died 1959 Loch
(Death registered as Margaret Ann)
Alexander James - Born 1879 Collingwood - Died 21.7.1975 Korumburra
Edith Alice - Born 1881 Poowong - Died 1953 Korumburra
(Married in 1907 to John Ballantyne)
Grace Lilian– Born 1886 Poowong – Died 4.6.1909 Toorak
Rose Isabella - Born 1888 Poowong - Died 1978 Korumburra
Victor - Born 1890 Poowong– Died 1890 Poowong (Age 3 months)
A Driver with the Australian Field Artillery, 5th Div. Ammunition Col. Service Number: 32149.
Country of Service Australian. Occupation prior to joining Grocer.
Casualty of War: Died: Influenza, severe, Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire. His remains were buried at St. John the Evangelist Churchyard.
The wording on his gravestone was approved by his Mother.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Poowong Great War Honour Board, Poowong War Memorial.
View Cenotaph here
Inscription
32149 DRIVER
E. C. HENRY
AUST FIELD ARTILLERY
22ND JANUARY 1918 AGE 34
(CROSS)
IN MEMORY OF
THE DEAR SON OF
MRS. HENRY
OF POOWONG. VICTORIA
Gravesite Details
Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
