CRAN, Eric George
| Service Number: | 61 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, 11 March 1871 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Business Manager |
| Died: | Illness, Stanthorpe, Queensland, 31 March 1950, aged 79 years |
| Cemetery: |
Stanthorpe General Cemetery, Queensland Section 6, Row V, Grave 55 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 61, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 13 Jan 1900: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 23 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 61, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Invalided home from Pretoria on ship Orient arriving Brisbane 16.1.1901 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Eric George Percy CRAN was born in Maryborough, Queensland on 11th March, 1871
His parents were James Walker CRAN & Jessie/Janet MANSON who married in Maryborough on 21st April, 1870
He served with the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry and was invalided home from Pretoria on the ship Orient with lung problems & failing eyesight and arrived in Brisbane on 16th January, 1901 & was discharged on 23th January, 1901
He returned to South Africa to marry Margaret Waimea WATSON on 27th January, 1903 at the Cathedral St George (Anglican) Margaret was born in Queensland in 1877
Eric died on 31st March, 1950, late of Stanthorpe, Queensland and is buried in the Stanthorpe General Cemetery, Section 6, Row V, Grave 55
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