NEALE, Ernest William
| Service Number: | 255 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Pittsworth, Queensland, Australia, 18 November 1877 |
| Home Town: | Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa., 12 December 1936, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 255, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 255, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
| 22 Sep 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 255, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI A Coy, Bk 1 p. 87, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Medic arriving Brisbane 22 Sep 1900. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Served twice in the South African (Boer) war. First service was as a Private S.N. 255, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry. Second service was as a Private S.N. 410, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
When he enlisted in 1899 in the 1st QMI and his details were recorded on the original nominal roll for the 1st Queensland Contingent, held by National Archives, his address was recorded as Gatton. When he was returned invalided from South Africa it was reported in The Queensland Times, 18 Sep 1900, that he was from Pittsworth.
When he enlisted again 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 E. Neale, Pittsworth. In the original nominal roll of the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. is recorded as his father E. Neale, Pittsworth. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 187, it is noted he was discharged in South Africa on 11 May 1902, its assumed to allow him to take up employment there.
Ernest William Neale was born on 18 Nov 1877 at Pittsworth, Queensland, a son to Ephriam Neale and Elizabeth Neale (nee Otlif). When his father Ephriam passed in 1927 at Pittsworth his obituary was published in the Pittsworth Sentinel, 2 Mar 1927. It noted Ephriam, originally from England, was one of the oldest residents and pioneers of the district. It noted he left 7 sons and 3 daughters, including Mr. E. (Ernest) Neale in South Africa.
An online family genealogy site (WikiTree) bio for Ernest notes he died at Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, on 12 Dec 1936. At the time he was married to Margret Gibson Miller and they had one child.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 453 and 517; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier, 1st service; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 1st Queensland Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 2; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI A Coy, Bk 1 p. 87; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 6; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 187; WikiTree online family genealogy bio for Ernest William Neale; various newspaper reports- see links).