Ernest Lesleigh PRICE

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PRICE, Ernest Lesleigh

Service Number:	198
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 February 1882
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer, Weighbridge Operator, Electoral Registrar
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 February 1933, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 9-33-3
Memorials:	Brisbane Grammar School Boer War Honour Board

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 198, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 198, 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.
14 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 198, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paubooks 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 48, notes sailed for England aboard Manhattan and discharged 14 Jun 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Ernest Lesleigh Price 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 father S. Price Snr., Upper Roma St, Brisbane.

He was born on 26 Feb 1882 in Brisbane, Queensland, a son to Septimus Price and Louisa Price (nee Kemp). After he returned from his Boer War service he worked a number of occupations in sugar mills in Bundberg and Mackay including Weighbridge Operator later returning to Brisbane where he held various jobs including Postal Assistant, Ticket Seller and Electoral Registrar.

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