Service Number: VX133221 (Previous Militia Number: V11032)
Date of Birth: 13 October 1891
Place of Birth: Ballarat, VIC
Place of Enlistment: Royal Park, VIC
Date of Enlistment (AIF): 27 February 1943
Rank: Captain, Chaplain
Unit: Ships Medical Staff
Home Town: Kyabram, Campaspe, VIC
Next of Kin: Winifred Eliza Laverick (Wife)
Parents: Ralph and Eliza Laverick
Occupation: Minister of Religion (Church of England)
Aged: 51
Chap-Capt Ernest George Laverick, missing, believed drowned, had been rector of Kyabram since 1938, and obtained leave of absence to enlist as a chaplain in 1941. He was chaplain at various POW and military camps in Victoria before being appointed chaplain on the hospital ship Centaur. He served as a YMCA secretary from 1916-18 in the last war. Before appointment to Kyabram he was Church of England minister at Eaglehawk, Tongala, and other churches in the Bendigo diocese. His wife is living in the Kyabram district. – Contributed by Daryl Jones on the Virtual War Memorial Australia (www.vwma.org.au)
