EZZEY, George Ephraim
| Service Number: | 283 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia, 8 November 1874 |
| Home Town: | Amby, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Trigonometrical Survey Department, South Africa |
| Died: | Pretoria, South Africa, 25 October 1938, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 283, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 283, 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. | |
| 26 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 283, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 130, notes discharged in South Africa on 26 Mar 1902 to take up employment there. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When George Ephraim Ezzey enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. M. A. Ezzey, Richmond, NSW. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 130, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. M. A. Ezzey, Grose Vale, Richmond, NSW.
George Ephraim Ezzey was born on 8 Nov 1874 in the Richmond district, NSW, a son to Henry Ezzey and Mary Ann Ezzey (nee Whitney). Though a native of NSW he was living at Amby, Qld, when he enlisted in 1901. He was discharged in South Africa and remained there to take up employment.
It appears he was engaged to a Queenslander, Catherine (Katherine) Boyd, prior to enlistment and he sent for her to join him in South Africa following his discharge. They were married on 9 Nov 1904 at Pretoria, South Africa. He was working for the Trigonometrical Survey Department in Pretoria and they remained there where they had 4 children. They never returned to Australia with George passing there in Oct 1938.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 130; Along the Windsor Richmond Road
- The Early Days of the Ezzy Family, 1985, ISBN 0 9589831 0 0; Marriage report- The Queensland Times, 10 Jan 1905, p. 4).
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