Private Ernest Harold Adair
Number: 9393
Company: 46th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion, First Contingent
ENLISTMENT
Date: 2 January 1900
Place: Belfast
Age: 22 years 6 months (born 31 July 1877, Edenbank, Londonderry)
Trade or calling: Manager
Place of birth: In the Parish of Londonderry, in or near the Town of Londonderry, in the County of Londonderry
Address: Crawford Square, Londonderry
Family: Single. Father Arthur Charles Adair, civil engineer, mother Sarah Adair (nee Magee), of 21 Crawford Square, Londonderry.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 11 1/2". Complexion fresh, eyes blue, hair light brown.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 3 March 1900
Date home: 5 December 1900
Actions: Lindley
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State clasps.
DISCHARGE
Date: 16 March 1901
Place: __
Reason for discharge: At his own request
Adair was among the 400 men captured by Boer forces at Lindley in May 1900. He was released on 30 August with the other members of the 13th Battalion when the British captured Nooitgedacht. He was mentioned in a letter home by Private Marshall Donnell.
This page last updated 14 January 2025.