KEARY, George Alfred
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Holkham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, 1 July 1853 |
| Home Town: | Boonah, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman, Grazier |
| Died: | Boonah, Queensland, Australia, 30 May 1930, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Boonah Cemetery, Qld Monumental, Plot 209 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
George Alfred Keary was born on 1 Jul 1853 at the farming estate of Hlokham, Norfolf, England, a son to Hall William Keary and Helen D'Urban Keary (nee Rodwell). His father was the manager of the property owned by the Earl of Leicester.
He came to Queensland in his teens working initially on a cattle property at Logan, Queensland, prior to pursuing droving and grazier roles in other areas of the state. He married Flora Henrietta McQuarie McDonald on 5 Jan 1882 in Queensland and they had 2 sons, eventually settling at Boonah near Ipswich.
He served as a Lieutenant, Special Service Officer- Transport, with the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen in the South African (Boer) War. When peace was declared he remained in the Transvaal as a Superintendant of Depots and Stock Farms for the Imperial Repatriation Department returning to Queensland in 1905. Both his sons served in WW1 with his eldest K.I.A. in France and youngest badly wounded in Palestine.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 492; The Late Mr G. A. Keary, Queensland Times, 9 Jun 1930).
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