MARSH, Edgar George
| Service Number: | 433 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 4 August 1880 |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dentist, Mayor |
| Died: | Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia, 13 August 1969, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Goondiwindi Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Corporal, 433, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 433, 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 Jan 1902: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 99, notes promoted to Sergeant 5 Jan 1902. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 433, 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 Edgar George Marsh 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. P. G. Marsh, Wood Street, Warwick.
Edgar Goerge Marsh was born on 4 Aug 1880 at Armidale, NSW, a son to Philemon George Marsh and Amy Toba Marsh (nee Dinte). He married Maud McGregor on 17 Nov 1909 at Goondiwindi and they would have 5 Children. They resided at Goondiwindi where Edgar was a long serving Dentist and was Mayor of Goondiwindi from 1913-1917 and 1920-1923.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 502; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 99).
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