SHADFORTH, Ernest Hollinworth
| Service Number: | 280 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Wangaratta Victoria, Australlia, 23 April 1865 |
| Home Town: | Burketown, Burke, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Buenos Aires South America, 13 July 1921, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 280, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 280, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 1 Jun 1900: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 485 notes promoted to Corporal 1 Jun 1900. | |
| 29 Dec 1900: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 485 notes promoted to Sergeant by C-in-C for distinguished gallantry in the field. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 280, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Distinguished Service Medal, Murray Remarks: Corporal 01/06/1900; Sergeant by C.-in-C. for distinguished gallantry in the field 29/12/1900. G.O. 386/01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Ernest John Hollingworth Shadforth was born 23 Apr 1865 at Wangaratta, Victoria, a son to Francis Henry Shadforth and Louisa Georgina Shadforth (nee Hutchings). Its unclear when the family moved to Queensland, however, he gave his father as N.O.K. liviing at Burketown, Queensland, when he enlisted for the South African (Boer) War in 1900.
On completion of his service with the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen he returned to North Queensland for a period. He then ventured to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he worked as Livestock Manager at a large meatworks. He passed away on 13 Jul 1921 at Buenos Aires without information as to whether he had married or of his final resting place. His father predeceased him on 21 Dec 1914 at Mount Garnet in North Queensland.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 485; Death Notice, The Daily Mail, 27 Sep 1921; Death of Ernest Shadforth, The Northern Herald, 26 Oct 1921; BDM Vic birth registration).
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