Private Edward Deane-Freeman
Number: 32546
Company: 74th (Dublin) Company (New), 8th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 26 February 1901
Place: Dublin
Age: 25 years 2 months
Trade of calling: Clerk
Place of birth: In the Parish of Clontarf, in or near the Town of Dublin, in the County of Dublin.
Family: Single. Father Richard Deane-Freeman, mother Rebecca Deane-Freeman (nee Rush), of Sunnyside, Green Lane, Clontarf, Dublin.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 7 3/4". Complexion fair, eyes light blue, hair light brown. Small irregular mole left side sacrum.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 22 March 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, 1901 clasps.
DEATH
Date: 24 August 1901
Place: Rooikopjes
Cause: Wounds sustained the same day at Rooikopjes
Buried/ commemorated: Griquatown, later re-interred in West End Cemetery, Kimberley/ West End Cemetery Memorial, and St Andrew's Church Memorial, Dublin.
This page last updated 31 August 2024.