IRETON, Richard
| Service Number: | 19 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Cavan, County Cavan, Ireland, 10 May 1874 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bus Line Owner, Taxi Owner |
| Died: | Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 31 March 1941, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Townsville (Belgian Gardens) Cemetery, Qld Plot: Section F6, Row 2, Grave 571 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 19 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 19, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 9 Dec 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 19, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 38, notes invalided (accidently injured in Pretoria 16 July 1901, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll) returned to Australia aboard Damascus arriving Brisbane 3 Dec 1901, discharged 9 Dec 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
NOK Mr. F IRETON, Toowong, Brisbane, Qld.
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Richard Ireton was born on 10 May 1874 in County Cavan, Ireland, a son to David Ireton and Jane Ireton (nee Livingstone). His family emigrated to Australia arriving in Brisbane in 1886 when he was about 12 years old.
When he enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mr. F. Ireton, Toowong. At the time he enlisted he was living in Charters Towers, and his elderly mother was residing at the Benevolent Home, Dunwich, so it appears he noted his brother Frederick as his N.O.K.
Following his return from the South African (Boer) War he again resided at Charters Towers where he ran a horse drawn bus line. He first married Emily Huxley Wright on 28 Mar 1904 in Queensland and they had 2 children before Emily passed in 1908. He then married Eliza Quinn on 16 Oct 1913 in Queensland and they had 4 further children.
He relocated the family to Townsville around 1917 where he was engaged in the cab and motor taxi trades.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 510; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 38; Obituary- Townsville Daily Bulletin, 1 Apr 1941; Find a Grave memorial).
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