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Ingram, Alexander Hale, 221

 

Service No:	221
Occupation:	Electrical Mechanic
Address:	499 High St, Prahran
Date of Enlistment:	January 21, 1916
Age at Enlistment:	24 years 5 months
Marital Status:	Married
Physical Description:	5ft 10in tall, 10stn 6 lbs, blue eyes, light brown curly hair, fresh complexion.
Next of Kin:	Agnes Estella Ingram
Rank on Enlistment:	Driver
Unit Name:	3rd Pioneer Btn.
Embarkation Details:	June 8, 1916 Melbourne on HMAT Wandilla A62

 

Places and dates of service:

1916 July 26:to Plymouth England
1916 November 24: to France
1917 January 3: KIA in the field France on the Western Front, Buried Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery Armentieres, France Plot 4, Row C, Grave no.9.

Returned to Australia:	N/A
Discharge Date:	N/A
Rank at Discharge:	N/A
Honours/Medals:	British War Medal, Victory Medal, Memorial Plaque
Memorials:	Seville Hall Memorial Honour Board

 

Family Story:

Alex was born 1891 in Bendigo to parents George Ronald Ingram and Charlotte Hubbard. He had siblings, George Mawby Ingram ‘VC’ ‘MM’ 1889-1961, Ronald William Ingram 1887-1917 KIA Belgium and Elsie Jean 1895-1902.

All children attended Seville State School and George was the only surviving child and had the gates to the school being named in memory.

Alex married Agnes Estella Wright in 1916. They had no children.

Ingram, George Mawby V.C, V82281 591

 

Service No:	5919 – V82281 (WW2)
Occupation:	Carpenter
Address:	659 St Kilda Rd Melbourne
Date of Enlistment:	December 10, 1914
Age at Enlistment:	30 years 10 months
Marital Status:	Married
Physical Description:	5ft 11 ½ in tall, 173 lbs, grey eyes, brown hair, dark compl.
Next of Kin:	Wife Jean Frances Ingram
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	24th Btn
Embarkation Details:	(1) February 22, 1915 (Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force) to Rabaul and New Guinea – returned December 6,1915 (2) October 2, 1916 Melbourne on HMAT Nestor A71.

 

Places and dates of service:

1916 November 16: to Plymouth England.
1917 January 16: to France.
1917 January 24: promoted to Corporal – France.
1917 March 21: sick (cellulitis of face)- France.
1917 March 30; 24th Btn France.
1917 April 3: awarded Military Medal – for bravery in the field- France.
1917 April 20: to England.
1917 May 29: to France.
1917 June 23: promoted to Sergeant – France.
1917 September 22: Sick ( dislocated knee) France.
1917 October 10 : In the field France.
1918 March 28: promoted to Temp. Sergeant Major – France.
1918 June 20: promoted to 2nd Lieutenant – France.

1918 October 5: awarded The Victoria Cross – for most conspicuous bravery and initiative during the attack on Monthrebain, east of Peronne, on this day. When early in the advance his platoon was held up by a strong point, Lieutenant Ingram, without hesitation, dashed out and rushed the post, at the head of his men, capturing 9 machine guns and killing 42 enemy after stubborn resistance. Later, when the company had suffered severe casualties from enemy posts, and many leaders had fallen, he at once took control of the situation, rallied his men under intense fire, and led them forward. He himself rushed the first post, shot 6 of the enemy, and captured a machine gun, thus overcoming serious resistance. On two subsequent occasions he again displayed great ash and resource in the capture of enemy posts, inflicting many casualties and taking 62 prisoners. Throughout the whole day he showed the most inspiring example of courage and leadership, and freely exposed himself regardless of danger.

1918 October 24: promoted to Lieutenant – France.
1918 November 11: attending two special course.
1919 February 7: returned to England.

Service injuries:
None

Returned to Australia:	April 25, 1919 to Melbourne on Nevasa.
Discharge Date:	June 2, 1919.
Rank at Discharge:	Lieutenant
Honours/Medals:	Military Medal, Victoria Cross, British War Medal Victory Medal.
Memorials:	Shire of Lillydale Memorial Honour Board, Seville Hall Roll of Honour Board.

 

Family Story:

George was born on March 18, 1889, Bagshot (Bendigo) to parents George Ronald Ingram and Charlotte Hubbard. He had two brothers, Ronald William 1887-1917 Belgium and Alexander Hales 1891- 1917 France, and a sister Elsie Jean 1896-1902.

He attended Seville State School, and became apprenticed as a carpenter and joiner. The Seville Primary School Memorial Gates were erected in his honour. On the January 19, 1910 he married Jane Frances Nichols, no children and marriage dissolved in 1926.

After the war he became a foreman with EA & Frank Watts Pty Ltd. He married a widow Lillian Wakeling (nee Hart) February 10, 1927. After the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne was completed he became a guard there, Lillian died in 1951. He later married a third time to widow Myrtle Lydia Thomas (nee Cornell). He had one son Alexander.

George, later enlisted to serve during WW2 and won many more medals – War medal (1939-45), Australian Service Medal, King George Coronation Medal 1937, Queen Elizabeth 11 Coronation Medal 1953.

Ingram, Alick Sidney, 1726

 

Service No:	1726
Occupation:	carpenter
Address:	P O Box Silvan
Date of Enlistment:	February 1, 1916
Age at Enlistment:	22 years 6 months
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5ft 6 ½ in tall, 128 lbs, blue eyes, brown hair, fresh compl.
Next of Kin:	Father John Ingram
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	2nd Pioneer Btn
Embarkation Details:	April 7, 1916 Melbourne HMAT Aeneas A60

 

Places and dates of service:

1916 May: to Alexandria Egypt.
1916 June 11: to Plymouth England.
1917 March 1 : promoted to Tem. Corporal.
1917 July 9: to France (back to private).
1918 October 9: invalided to London Hospital (bronchitis)
1919 February: Returned to Australia.

Service injuries: 
None.

Returned to Australia:	March 23, 1919 to Melbourne on the Ceramic.
Discharge Date:	May 7, 1919
Rank at Discharge:	Private
Honours/Medals:	British War Medal, Victory
Memorials:	Silvan Memorial Honour Board

 

Family Story:

Alick was born 1893 in Bairnsdale to parents John W Ingram and Augusta A Braxton. He had 10 brothers and sisters, Edward George 1876-1948, Frederick Thomas 1878-1960, Albert Ernest 1885-1959, Walter Leonard 1888-1962, Eva Emily 1884, Arthur James 1896, William Charles 1880, Myrtle Alvina 1895, Mary Ann 1875- 1957, Herbert Harold 1882.

He continued his occupation as a carpenter cabinet maker after the war and in 1919 Married Ida Harriett Hand. They had three children, Sidney, Bruce and Joy. He lived in Silvan until he returned home, moving then to Kooyong, by 1921 he was living at 24 Talbot Ave Balwyn (service records) Alick died May 2, 1937 at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and is buried at Lilydale Lawn Cemetery.

Ingram, Ronald William, 25250

 

Service No:	25250
Occupation:	Labourer/Gardener
Address:	Mangakuri Hawkes Bay New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:	March 18, 1916
Age at Enlistment:	28 years 3 1/2 months
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5ft 9 in tall, 1541bs, grey eyes, brown hair, fresh complexion.
Next of Kin:	Father George Ronald Ingram
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	Ist Btn. Otago Regiment New Zealand
Embarkation Details:	June 26, 1916 at Wellington NZ on HMNZ Maunganui.

 

Places and dates of service:

1916 August 22: to Devenport England.
1916 September 26: to Etaples, France.
1917 June 14: appointed to Lance Corporal.
1917 October 12: KIA in the field in Belgium on The Western Front-Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.

Returned to Australia:	Not Applicable
Discharge Date:	Not Applicable
Rank at Discharge:	Lance Corporal at time of death.
Honours/Medals:	Not available
Memorials:	Seville Hall Memorial Board, New Zealnd APSE panel 3.

 

Family Story:

Ronald was born July 13, 1887 at Sandhurst (Bendigo) to parents George Ronald Ingram and Charlotte Hubbard. He had 2 brothers, George Mawby Ingram VC ‘MM’ 1889-1961, Alexander Hales Ingram 1891-1917 KIA France and a sister Elsie Jean 1896-1902.

Ronald’s father and mother lived in Seville until 1925, when they moved to Dandenong, later his father lived with his son George at Balaclava. Ronald was living and working in New Zealand when he enlisted, and was killed in action in the field on the Western Front in Belgium, one of the bloodiest battles of the war.

Jack, Clarence Courtney, 3326

 

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