SUMMERS, Edward
| Service Number: | 275 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 25 July 1881 |
| Home Town: | Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia, 6 September 1933, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Isa Cemetery, Qld Plot: P-2, Pl-1, Grave #85 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 275 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 275, 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, 275, 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Edward Summers 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 G. Summers, Condamine Plains station, Dalby. When he died in 1933 at Mt. Isa, obituaries in various newspapers noted he was the youngest son of the late Mr. George Summers of Condamine Plains station.
Edward Summers was born on 25 Jul 1881 in Queensland, a son to George Summers and Johanna Summers (nee Eakins). He married Dora Rebecca Benskin (b. 1870, India) in 1909 and they had one child.
He was a skilled horseman working as a drover lifting large head of cattle over long distances e.g. newspaper reports in Mar 1918 have him lifting 2000 head from Brunette Downs station, N.T., to Charleville. After he stepped back from droving he took a position at Gallipoli Downs station in the N.T. where he had a serious accident when his horse fell on him. He never fully recovered his health after the accident.
(Sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 65; Obituary's and articles in various newspapers, see links).
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