Background
He was born in Tenterfield to farmer John Henry Sommerlad.
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Ernest Sommerlad
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He was educated at Leechs Gully until the age of eleven, when he left to work on the family farm. Aged 21, he attended Newington College where he was conspicuous amongst his much younger schoolfellows.
Career
Sommerlad read extensively in his spare time and continued to educate himself. Bible texts were of particular interest. Despite this peculiar situation he passed the junior public examination in 1908.
Following that he was accepted as a candidate for the Methodist ministry.
The Wesleyan Theological Institution was then still based on the Newington campus and so he remained a student at Stanmore. After a period as a missionary in Fiji in 1911, he became a journalist and by 1919 was a managing editors
He continued to be significant in broadcasting and was president of the Country Press Association from 1927 to 1928. He had served in the military from 1941 to 1945 and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1938.
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Born
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Nationality
Australian -
Political Party
Country Party