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Australians
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| Surname | | MARKWELL |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Edmondstone |
| Regimental Number | | 160 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
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B5172: next of kin in Breakfast Ck. Qld.
URL2: photo #160.
URL3: Ted, an athlete and auctioneer/commission agent, returned to South Africa to work for the Railway Purchase Stores, died aged 39 of heart disease in Johannesburg in 1903.
URL4: Death of Mr. E MARKWELL. At Johannesburg, South Africa. News has been received from Johannesburg of the death of Mr. Edmondstone MARKWELL, on November 27 [1903]. We learn that a letter was received early his week from Mr. JR DICKSON, announcing the somewhat sudden death of Mr. MARKWELL on the date mentioned. A letter was reeoived by Mrs. E MARKWELL from her husband about a fortnight ago in which he stated that he felt far from well. He had consulted a doctor, who advised that if he did not improve in health he had better go into the hospital. Apparently this took place, and Mr. MARKWELL, who is said to have developed a weakness of the heart, died as reported. The deceased was a son of the late John MARKWELL and a brother of Mr. George MARKWELL of the Johnstone River, and of Mrs. Herbert PERRY. He married a daughter of Mr. Edward TAYLOR, of Taylor and Colledge. His wife and three children survive him. It will be remembered that several yours ago there was no more prominent and popular athlete than "Ted" MARKWELL. When the South African war broke out he volunteered and served in the third Queensland contingent with some distinction, and was present at more than one engagement in which that contingent was conspicuous. He remained in Brisbane for some time after his return to Queensland, and then he decided to go back to South Africa, where he obtained an appointment in the South African Railway Department, and was in that service when he died.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 482
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 19.5.1900
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 29.12.1903
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 979
Bne. Tele.: Brisbane Telegraph newspaper date(s) 30.12.1903
| | External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL2 | | newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2528966?zoomLevel=2 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19258035 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174837107 |
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