Edwin Francis (Jack) GATLAND

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GATLAND, Edwin Francis

Service Number:	11
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born:	New Zealand, 1875
Home Town:	Gympie, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 11, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
13 Jan 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 11, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 457 notes 2nd QMI embarked 13 Jan 1900 aboard Maori King arriving Cape Town 24 Feb 1900.
17 May 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Edwin Francis Gatland was born in 1875 in New Zealand, a son to James Brown Gatland and Anne Louisa Gatland (nee Cadman). He is recorded in the New Zealand Herald: Auckland Weekly News on 9 & 10 Feb 1900 as serving with the 2nd Queensland Contingent in the South African (Boer) War.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 460; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; New Zealand Herald: Auckland Weekly News, 9 & 10 Feb 1900).

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