MATHIE, Edwin
| Service Number: | 24 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 24, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 24, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 13 Mar 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 24, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Ranee arriving Brisbane 8 Mar 1901, discharged 13 Mar 1901. |
Edwin Mathie
Edwin Mathie was born ca 1876 to John Mathie and Mary Elizabeth.
He married Sarah Ann "Annie" Bradshaw in 1902 in Paddington, Sydney (Source: NSW BDM: 1959/1902 MATHIE EDWIN BRADSHAW SARAH A PADDINGTON) and they had at least one child, a daughter, Dorothy E Mathie, in 1906 (Source: NSW BDM: 6571/1906 MATHIE DOROTHY E EDWIN SARAH A PADDINGTON)
He may have worked as a Steward, and later as a Shipping Clerk, based on occupations listed in various NSW Electoral Rolls. He lived in various areas in Sydney, but mainly around the Waverley area.
He died in Sydney, New South Wales on and his funeral was on the 2 March 1937, at Rookwood Crematorium Chapel.
MATHIE-The Relatives and Friends of Mrs ANNIE MATHIE and DAUGHTER Dorothy
(Mrs Ritchie) and GRANDDAUGHTERS Marie and Lorraine are kindly Invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved HUSBAND FATHER and GRAND FATHER Edwln Mathie to take place at Rookwood Crematorium THIS DAY TUESDAY at 11 am
MATHIE--Members of the South African Soldiers Association are Invited to attend the Funeral of their late Comrade EDWIN MATHIE THIS DAY Frlends to meet at the Rookwood Crematorlum Chapel at 11 am Major C W H Coulter 1 D Oeo E Jordan
Hon Sec_ (Source: 1937 'Family Notices', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 2 March, p. 9.)
Submitted 6 May 2016 by Timna Green
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