Samuel Shaw TEMPLETON

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TEMPLETON, Samuel Shaw

Service Number:	372
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 7 September 1879
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	New Farm, Queensland, Australia, 8 January 1951, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:	Shire of Moggill War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 372, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 372, 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.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 372, 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.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Samuel Shaw Templeton was born on 7 Sep 1879 in Queensland, a son to William Templeton and Grace Templeton (nee Murray). He married Mabel Bonella Lewis on 30 Aug 1919 in Brisbane.

He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 372 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private rising to Lance Corporal S.N. 5757 in the 15th Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominl Roll, Murray p. 486; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).

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