EVA, Arthur Henry
| Service Number: | 490 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Bugler |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 February 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 2, Section 8 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Bugler, 490, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Bugler, 490, 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. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Bugler, 490, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Arthur Henry Eva 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 father, Blight St, Gympie. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 4, it is noted his address after discharge was Blight St, Gympie. In a newspaper article, Notes and News- The Gympie Times, 8 May 1902, p. 3, it noted Bugler Eva along with 3 other members of The Fighting Fifth had returned to Gympie.
Arthur Henry Arthur was born about 1879 possibly in NSW, a son to William Henry Eva and Mary Eva (nee Roberts). He married Mary Long on 27 Sep 1910 in Queensland and they had 4 children.
Three of their sons served in WW2 in the R.A.A.F., 505202 Sergeant Ernest Richard Eva (M.I.A. presumed K.I.A.), 426564 Flying Officer Noel David Eva, 6702 Sergeant Bernard Arthur Eva. Their respective service Attestation Forms noted they were born at Gympie, Gympie, and Many Peaks. Noel and Ernest nominated their mother Mrs. Mary Eva, Blackburn St, Moorooka, Brisbane, as their N.O.K. When their father, Arthur, passed in 1939 his funeral notice noted he was late of Blackburn St, Moorooka.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 4).
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