Private Thomas Dowling
Number: 32565
Company: 74th (Dublin) Company (New), 8th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 8 March 1901
Place: Curragh
Age: 30 years 4 months
Trade of calling: Accountant
Place of birth: In the Parish of St Kevin's, in or near the Town of Dublin, in the County of Dublin
Family: Single. Father Robert Dowling, drapery warehouseman, mother Louisa Anne (nee Yoakley), of 3 Kensington Villas, Rathmines, Dublin.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 7". Complexion fresh, eyes hazel, hair dark. Scar on nose.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 23 March 1901
Home: 31 October 1901 on s.s. Ottawa
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, 1901 clasps.
DEATH
Date: 16 November 1901
Place: Station Hospital, Colchester, England
Cause: Valvular disease of the heart "attributed to the hardships of active service in South Africa". Originated August 1901. "Has not been aggravated by intemperance, vice, nor misconduct." Had been recommended for discharge on medical grounds five days before his death.
Buried/ commemorated: Colchester Cemetery/ 74th Company Memorial, Dublin.
Dublin Evening Mail, 23 November 1901
This page last updated 27 August 2024.