Edward Sherman MARSHALL

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MARSHALL, Edward Sherman

Service Number:	94
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	2nd South Australian Contingent Mounted Rifles
Born:	Wilmington, South Australia , 10 September 1879
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Way College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Warehouse Assistant
Died:	Enteric Fever, Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 17 June 1900, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, North Adelaide St Peter's Cathedral Boer War Honour Roll

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement 94
Date unknown:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 94, 2nd South Australian Contingent Mounted Rifles

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Edward Sherman MARSHALL was born on 10th September, 1879 in Wilmington, South Australia

His parents were George MARSHALL and Elizabeth MITCHEL

Previously served eighteen months as a trumpeter in A Battery, Field Artillery, and 18 months B Company, 1st Battalion, South Australia

Medal: Queens South Africa medal with 3 clasps

His name is memorialised in the St Peters Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia

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