Percy Edgar MCNAMARA

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MCNAMARA, Percy Edgar

Service Number:	394
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 25 October 1882
Home Town:	Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Police Officer
Died:	Redfern- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 11 September 1937, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Plot: RCC - Roman Catholic FM C, Position 462
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 394
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 394, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
23 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 394, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Percy Edgar McNamara enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. J. M. Lee, Hughenden. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 171, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his sister Mrs. J. M. Lee, Hughenden. His older sister, Maria (Mary) Jane McNamara, had married John M. Lee in 1895 at Queanbeyan, NSW, and they had relocated to Queensland.

Percy Edgar McNamara was born on 25 Oct 1882 at Queanbeyan, NSW, a son to Michael McNamara and Ellen McNamara (nee McTernan/McTierney). He married Margaret Catherine Ginnivan in 1916 at Benalla, Victoria, and they had 4 children. After the birth of their first child in Benalla they made their home in NSW where Percy was a long term serving police constable serving in various localities in NSW.

(source- AWM Boer War Memorial, Murray p. 517; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p, 171; various newspaper articles- see links).

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