Edward William RAYNER

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RAYNER, Edward William

Service Number:	374
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 7 December 1880
Home Town:	Gladstone, Gladstone, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barber
Died:	Heart Failure, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, 19 November 1924, aged 43 years
Cemetery:	Gladstone Cemetery, Qld Plot: Position 18 Row 6 Section A
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 374
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 374, 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.
23 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 374, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Edward William Rayner 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 A. Rayner snr. c/- Mr. Cran, Doolbi, Isis district. In the original Nominal Roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. is recorded as being his father.

In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 152, he is entered under the name E. W. P. Rayner and it is noted he directed part of his pay to his sister Miss A. Rayner (Annie Juanita Gertrude Rayner) c/- Mrs. K. Rayner snr., Tiaro. It appears Mrs K. Rayner was transcribed incorrectly and was his mother Mrs. A. Rayner snr.

Edward William Patrick Rayner was born on 7 Dec 1880 in Queensland, a son to Arthur Rayner and Ann Jane Rayner (nee Rutherford). He was living in Gladstone and running his own barber shop when he passed in 1924.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 517; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 152).

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