6 June 1918 -|- Lew Ambler[]
Herald, 12-05-1897
Zusters van Lew Ambler, Peter Sherlock, One foundation, page 28
Milianie Ambler, June 1917, Australian Army Nursing Service
Brunswick and Coburg Leader, 03-09-1915
Source: Fighting the Kaiser: Coburg and the First World War
https://fightingthekaiser.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-ambler-family-of-morelands.html
The Ambler family of Moreland's contribution to the war[]
Widow Lizzie Ambler did not have it easy. Her husband died in his 40s, leaving her with four young children to raise. She managed, but it was a struggle as you can tell from this newspaper article in the Herald.
After her husband's death on their rural block at Kardella, near Korumburra in South Gippsland, Lizzie Ambler settled in Coburg and for many years the family lived at 'Blenheim',168 Moreland Road, Coburg West, on the border with Brunswick, in an area more commonly known as Moreland.
The family attended St Augustine's Church, then on the corner of Davies Street and Moreland Road.
The girls were confirmed at St Augustine's in 1908. Lizzie married George William Mateer in 1920 at St Augustine’s Church. She died in 1985 aged 91. Rose married Leopold Beever in 1924. She died in 1976 aged 84. Milanie trained as a nurse at the Children's Hospital and served as Staff Nurse Milanie Treleavan Ambler in Salonika during World War One. She did not marry, worked as a nurse all her life and died in 1970 aged 81.
Their only brother Llewellyn (Lew), a builder by trade, was one of a number of members of the Coburg Cycling Club who enlisted in World War One.
A send off was held for Lew and his mates at the Club. Mr Johnston (Andrew Johnston, club stalwart) gave ‘a fine speech’ and mentioned that so far 30 members of the Club had enlisted.
Andrew Johnston’s son Donald was one of the 30 who had enlisted. By the time his father Andrew made his speech farewelling Lew Ambler, ‘hero of 100 battles on the track’, Percy Power (Cycling Club secretary) and Richard Lawless, Don was dead, killed in action at Krithia on 8 May 1915.
Lew Ambler’s pals from Coburg Cycling Club, Richard (Dick) Lawless and Percival (Percy) Power placed In Memoriam notices in the newspapers for years after his death. They joined up at around the same time and the local paper (Brunswick and Coburg Leader, 24 Sep 1915) commented 'and so the three will share the fortunes of war together.’ This was the case until Ambler’s death the 6 June 1918, but he was never forgotten by his friends.
Sources[]
- Fighting the Kaiser - https://fightingthekaiser.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-ambler-family-of-morelands.html