TOWNSHEND, Ernest
| Service Number: | 99 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 1924, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 99, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 99, 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, 99, 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Ernest Townshend was born in 1875 at Bathurst, NSW, a son to John Herbert Townshend and Mary Hannah Townshend (nee Hutchinson-Parkin). He married Amy Hedger in 1903 at Newtown, NSW.
He served twice in the South African (Boer) War and twice in WW1.
Boer War services- Private S.N. 99, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen and Private S.N. 681, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (2nd Draft).
WW1 services- Private S.N. 289, 1st Battalion, Naval and Military Forces (Special Tropical Corps) and Private S.N. 195, 12th Light Horse Regiment AIF transferring to the 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron AIF.
(sources AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 481 and 519; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).
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