George Ernest DUEL

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DUEL, George Ernest

Service Number:	238
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	12 April 1879, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	7 December 1963, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 238
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 238, 5th 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, Private, 238, 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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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

A memorial for George Ernest Duel has been placed on the Australian Boer War Memorial database which indicates he was born 12 Apr 1879, possibly in England. BDM Qld online death register entry indicates he was the son of George Henry Duel and Emma Duel (nee Hogg). He married Sarah Jane Le Varing on 30 Sep 1904 in Queensland and they had 9 children.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 514; Australian Boer War Memorial- database Bio).

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