EBSWORTH, Alfred
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 1 October 1899 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 1st Australian Horse |
Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, 2 August 1872 |
Home Town: | Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Parramatta Kings School |
Occupation: | Cricketer |
Died: | Killed In Action, Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa, 24 July 1900, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Diamond Hill Cemetery, Cullinan, South Africa |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Belltrees Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Second Lieutenant, 1st Australian Horse | |
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14 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st Australian Horse, Ship Langton Grange from Newcastle , NSW | |
24 Jul 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, Officer, 1st Australian Horse |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alfred EBSWORTH was born on 2nd August, 1872 in Bathurst, NSW
His parents were Edward Stanley EBSWORTH and Eliza MITCHELL who married in Sydney on 10th May, 1856
He embarked from Newcastle on 14th November, 1899 on the ship Langton Grange
He died on 24th July, 1900 - there is a memorial tablet in St Marys Church of England in Waverley, Sydney with his name & also at the South African Boer War Memorial at Belltrees (see photo on link)