Laurence Cartwright FREEMAN

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FREEMAN, Laurence Cartwright

Service Number:	257
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	1878, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 31 January 1942, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 30-34-20
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 257, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 257, 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.
9 Dec 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 257, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 104, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Damascus arriving Brisbane 2 dec 1901, discharged 9 Dec 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Laurence (Lawrence) Cartwright Freeman 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 Mrs. G. Freeman, Spring St, Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 104, his first given name is spelt Lawrence.

Lawrence Cartwright Freeman was born around 1878, a son to George Cartwright Freeman and Margaret Baker Freeman (nee Kearney). He married Cecelia Cortoni on 11 Dec 1901 at Fortitude Valley, a few days after arriving back from the war.

(source- AWM boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks, 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 104).

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