Francis Edgar EALES

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EALES, Francis Edgar

Service Number:	253
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 10 May 1879
Home Town:	Kinbombi, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Timber/Sawmill Worker
Died:	Wondai, Queensland, Australia., 12 June 1943, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Goomeri Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Monumental, Row G, #27/28
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 253, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 253, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
23 Jan 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 253, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 16 Jan 1901, discharged 23 Jan 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Francis Edgar Eales was born on 10 May 1879 at Maryborough, Queensland, a son to George Eales and Mary Ann Eales (nee Thompson). He married Mary Taylor on 30 Apr 1907 in Queensland and they had six children.

The married couple initially resided in the Childers-Booyal district before relocating to the Kinbombi district where Francis worked in the timber industry.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 484; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; Obituary, Maryborough Chronicle, 19 Jun 1943).

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