GEANEY, Matthew
| Service Number: | 233 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | 1871, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Vereeniging, South Africa, 25 July 1901 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Allora Boer War Memorial, Anzac Square Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 233, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 233 | |
| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 233, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Matthew Geaney enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as John Geaney, Mile End, Warwick. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 26, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his father Mr. J. P. Geaney, Mile End, Warwick.
Matthew Geaney was born about 1879, it is assumed in Queensland, a son to John Patrick Geaney and Hannah Geaney (nee Manley).
The Allora Historical Society posted an online "Tribute to Boer War Servicemen - Matthew Geaney" (see links for full tribute) from which the following information is extracted.
In 1903, returned servicemen and local members of the volunteer defence forces in Allora, erected a monument to the memory of local soldiers who fell in the South African war. Matthew Geaney was one of the four local men who died.
He was one of 6 children of John Patrick and Hannah Geaney who migrated from Ireland to Queensland in 1863. When Matthew enlisted on 21 Feb 1901 he; was single and 30 years old; working as an engine driver; and was living at Mile End, Warwick.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 514; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 26; Allora Historical Society Inc.- Tribute to Boer War Servicemen: Matthew Geaney, see links).
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