Ernie Lone – A Gladstone Waterside Worker
Ernie’s grandparents Richard & Lydia Lone were the lighthouse keepers at Gatcombe Heads for many years from 1873. Andrew Lone (son of Richard & Lydia) and three of his boys, Henry (McCallum-stepson), Ernest and Harold (Lone) came to Gladstone to live, taking out land on Facing Island in 1915. This was the same year that Ernest and Harold joined the army and were on active duty overseas but were honourably discharged in 1919.
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