SWAIN, George Edward
| Service Number: | 503 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 503, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 10 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 503, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB Draft embarked at Pinkenba 10 Mar 1901 aboard Chicago arriving Port Elizabeth 20 Apr 1901. | |
| 23 Nov 1901: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 503, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, The Telegraph (Brisb), 3 Dec 1901, notes severely wounded near Wakerstroom on 23 Nov 1901. | |
| 22 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 503, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 17, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Columbia arriving Brisbane 15 May 1902, discharged 22 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When George Edward Swain enlisted in 1901, he was part of a draft of men established to follow, and embarked some four days after, the main 5th QIB contingent to South Africa. The men in the draft were not included in the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives. He is however, included in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 17, and in newspaper reports.
His details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, where his N.O.K. is recorded as his father C. Swain, 55 Mansfield St, Balmain, Sydney.
He was seriously wounded on 23 Nov 1901 remaining in hospital in South Africa when the 5th QIB returned to Australia. He was invalided back to Australia arriving in Brisbane on 15 May 1902.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 504; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 17).