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Ernest Edward Aston (1886 - 1961)

PTE Ernest Edward Aston
Born in Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australiamap
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Husband of — married 25 Dec 1919 in Fairfield, Victoria, Australiamap
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Died at about age 75 in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australiamap
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Ernest Aston was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)
Ernest Aston is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Biography

Ernest Edward Aston was born in 1886. He was the eldest surviving child of William Aston and Emma Harris. [1]

After finishing school Ernest worked as a bank messenger. He was 30 years old and still living with his parents when he enlisted on 16 Oct 1916. His enlistment papers record him as nearly 6 feet tall, with a dark complexion, brown hair, and hazel eyes.

Ernest served until 1919 in the 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion. He survived the war and returned to Australia on 27 May 1919. [2]

His younger brother Arthur, who also enlisted and was deployed as a stretcher bearer, died of gunshot wounds on 10 June, 1917 at Bailleul, aged 26.

In 1919 Ernest married Grace May Trevena. [3]

ASTON—TREVENA.—On the 25th December, 1919, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. F. Jolly, Ernest Edward (late A.I.F.), eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Aston, "Cooee," Gisborne street, Elsternwick, to Grace May, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Trevena, Ripponlea, Westgarth street, Fairfield.[4]

They had one child, Margaret Grace (1923).

He passed away in 1961, aged 74. [5]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HNTD-PG2M : 28 January 2020), Ernest Edward Aston, 1886.
  2. ↑ https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2154810
  3. ↑ VIC BDM Event: marriages Registration number 11004 / 1919 Family name: ASTON Given name(s) Ernt Edwd Spouse's family name: TREVENA Spouse's given name(s) Grace May
  4. ↑ The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Saturday 24 January 1920 - Page 11
  5. ↑ VIC BDM ASTON Ernest Edward Death Mother’s name Emma HARRIS Father’s name ASTON William MELBOURNE HEIDELBERG 74 1961 6873/1961




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