John SPILLANE

SPILLANE, John

    Service Number: 97
    Enlisted: 21 August 1902
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
    Born: Parkside, South Australia , 28 August 1882
    Home Town: North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Coachman
    Died: Influenza, At sea (onboard St Andrew), 17 July 1902, aged 19 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Buried at sea
    Memorials: Adelaide Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, North Adelaide St Peter's Cathedral Boer War Honour Roll
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Trooper, 97, 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
    26 May 1902: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 97, 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Departed Port Adelaide on "St Andrew" Transport ship.
    17 Jul 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 97, 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Died at Sea.
    21 Aug 1902: Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    John SPILLANE was born in Parkside, South Australia on 28th August, 1882

    His parents were Thomas SPILLANE & Catherine BERMINGHAM

    Biography

    The Register (Adelaide, SA: 1901 - 1929) Friday 18 July 1902

    Ptes. John Spillane and Alexander William Brownley, of the 8th Commonwealth Regiment, have died at sea on board the steamship Saint Andrew, from influenza.

    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55695675

     

     

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