EAMES, Edward
| Service Number: | 254 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Gatton, Queensland, Australia, 2 April 1881 |
| Home Town: | Gatton, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 25 September 1969, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 254, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 254, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 25 Nov 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 254, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 101, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Suevic arriving Brisbane 18 Nov 1901, discharged 25 Nov 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Served twice in the South African (Boer) War; Private S.N. 254, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen; and Private S.N. 382, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse.
When Edward Eames enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. Eames, Gatton. When he enlisted again in 1902 in the 7th BACH he noted on his Attestation Paper dated 4 May 1902 that; he was born at Gatton and was 22 years of age; he was single and a butcher living at Gatton; his N.O.K. was his mother Mrs. Eames, Gatton; and he had previously served in the 5th QIB.
Edward Eames was born on 2 Apr 1881 at Gatton, a son to Thomas Eames and Caroline Eames (nee Lee).
(Source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498 & 539; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier 2nd service).
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