George Edward (Edwin) CATCHLOVE

CATCHLOVE, George Edward (Edwin)

Service Number: 128
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: 4th Imperial Bushmen
Born: Echunga, South Australia , 9 June 1870
Home Town: North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Commercial Traveller
Died: Glenelg, South Australia, 10 August 1947, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Memorials:
Show Relationships

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Corporal, 128, 4th Imperial Bushmen
25 May 1901: Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant Colonel, from Sargeant

Help us honour George Edward (Edwin) Catchlove's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Paul Wiebusch

extract of Diary of Frederick H Farley

July 24th  Ten oclock.  The convoy is just entering a small town Vredefort.

½ past 2.  There has been a great go in to-day south of the town.  The guns & the pom poms have been at it continually for the last four hours.  Five Boer waggons have been brought in & a lot of prisoners  All the men with the convoy were called out & stationed on a hill near the town as it was thought that the Boers would retreat or try to break away that way, but they did not & we had our tramp for nothing.

Trooper Nicholas of Lyndoch S Australia was shot dead to-day & Tothill & Moore are shot through the body & not expected to live.  Tate, Thorn & Catchlove, are wounded & a lot of horses shot, it has been the worst day we have had yet.  My horse is just about done.

Read more...