ADIE, Alfred George
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Staffordshire, England, 1 April 1873 |
| Home Town: | Laidley, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer, Soldier |
| Died: | War Service related , Innisplain, Queensland, Australia, 29 January 1915, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tamrookum Anglican Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Captain | |
| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
| 1 Jan 1900: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 450, notes wounded at Sunnyside on 1 Jan 1900 and invalided to England 16 Nov 1900. | |
| 23 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier and AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 449 notes embarked returning to Australia aboard Sophocles arriving Brisbane 19 Dec 1900, unit disbanded 23 Jan 1901. | |
| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 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. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Alfred George Adie served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Lieutenant with the 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry. Second service was as a Captain with the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
When he first enlisted in 1899 with the 1st QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Brisbane Courier, 18 Nov 1899, it was noted he was married and from Clifton. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 2, it was noted he directed part of his pay to Mrs. Agnes Adie (his wife).
He was seriously wounded in action at Sunnyside on 1 Jan 1900 and spent several months out of action recuperating. While Murray in the AWM Nominal Roll compilation notes he was invalided to England in Nov 1900, this appears to be incorrect as the service paybooks note he departed from Cape Town, not invalided, on 16 Nov 1900 aboard Sophocles arriving in Brisbane on 19 Dec 1900.
In 1901 he was appointed as a Captain with the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, where it was noted that his N.O.K. was his wife Mrs. Adie, Laidley. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 5, it was noted he directed part of his pay to his wife Mrs. Agnes Adie, Laidley. He served the full tour of the 6th QIB returning with the contingent on the Devon to Brisbane where he was discharged on 23 Jun 1902.
Alfred George Adie was born on 1 Apr 1873 in Staffordshire, England, a son to Joseph Adie and Sarah Adie (nee Holloway). in 1878, at the age of 5, he emigrated to Queensland with his parents who settled in the Lockyer Valley where they engaged in farming. He acquired a farm at Clifton in 1897 and married Agnes Scott Hunter on 20 Apr 1898 in Queensland and they had 4 children. After returning from the war he continued to pursue farming interests in the Laidley district.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 450 and 509; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 2, and 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 5; Obituary- The Beaudesert Times, 5 Feb 1915).
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