RICHARDSON, Edney James
| Service Number: | 193 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Essex, England, United Kingdom, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Goodna, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sports Store Manager |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 16 December 1978, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 193 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 193, 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. | |
| 31 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 193, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 197, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Leura arriving Brisbane 24 Mar 1902, discharged 31 Mar 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Edney James Richardson 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. E. Richardson, Goodna. His name was incorrectly published as Henry James Richardson (similarly on nominal roll with note of later correction). In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, p. 197, recorded under Edney James Richardson, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. N. Richardson.
He was born Edney James Etretat Richardson in 1882 at Essex, England, a son to Edney "Derek" Richardson and Ellen Sarah "Nellie" Richardson (nee Wiles). He ventured with his parents and 2 siblings to Queensland aboard the Dacca in 1887 arriving in Queensland and settling at Goodna. He married Lena Ernstine Henreitte Hopp on 8 Nov 1905 at Woolloongabba, Brisbane and they had one child and resided at Goodna. Know as "Dick" he was involved in sports, a credentialed rifle marksman, and worked as a sports store manager in Brisbane.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 513; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 197; various newspaper articles- see links).
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