The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper Thomas McElwaine |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Thomas McElwaine
Ancestor's date of birth: 11/12/1873
Ancestor's date of death: Not Provided
Cause of Death: Old age
Service Number: 260
Colony or State of enlistment: QLD Place of Enlistment: Brisbane
Unit: 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Rank attained in Boer War: Trooper, Date Effective: 05/1901
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service
Murray Page: 498
Contingent: Fifth Queensland
Ship: Templemore or Chicago, Date of Sailing: 6 or 10/03/1901
Memorial details: Buried at Ipswitch Cemetery QLD
Decorations: Queen's South Africa medals with clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Not Provided
Reasons to go and fight: Not Provided
Details of service in war: April 1900 - March 1902 in east Transvaal, Free State including defeat at Mokari Drift (27 September 1901), and Natal border campaign including stand at Onverwacht (4 January 1902). Taken prisoner of War at Morari Drift.
Service and life after the Boer War: Detail not provided
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Ronald McElwaine, Brisbane QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: GrandsonName of Descendant: Brett McElwaine, Brisbane QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Great grandsonName of Descendant: Mark McElwaine, Brisbane QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Great grandsonName of Descendant: Tim McElwaine, Dicky Beach QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Great grandsonName of Descendant: Joan Turner, Hollywell QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Great granddaughterName of Descendant:John McElwaine, Dicky Beach QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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