Able seaman. Member of New South Wales Naval Brigade that left Australia for the Boxer Rebellion. Rose was thought to have died of pleursy. Many in this unit were reservists and borrowed stretcher bearers and able boded seamen.
Maitland Daily Mercury NSW, January 9, 1901. article He was an employee of the Harbors and Rivers department when he volunteered to go. He was held in high regard by fellow employees and comrades in the naval unit. Word was taken to his wife by Commander Gardner at her home in Merewether.
This cemetery had been destroyed by the Boxers and was restored by the British.
It was destroyed again by the Red Guards in 1966 when they went on a country side ramage smashing anything old.
Maitland Daily Mercury NSW, January 9, 1901. article He was an employee of the Harbors and Rivers department when he volunteered to go. He was held in high regard by fellow employees and comrades in the naval unit. Word was taken to his wife by Commander Gardner at her home in Merewether.
This cemetery had been destroyed by the Boxers and was restored by the British.
It was destroyed again by the Red Guards in 1966 when they went on a country side ramage smashing anything old.
Able seaman. Member of New South Wales Naval Brigade that left Australia for the Boxer Rebellion. Rose was thought to have died of pleursy. Many in this unit were reservists and borrowed stretcher bearers and able boded seamen.
Maitland Daily Mercury NSW, January 9, 1901. article He was an employee of the Harbors and Rivers department when he volunteered to go. He was held in high regard by fellow employees and comrades in the naval unit. Word was taken to his wife by Commander Gardner at her home in Merewether.
This cemetery had been destroyed by the Boxers and was restored by the British.
It was destroyed again by the Red Guards in 1966 when they went on a country side ramage smashing anything old.
Maitland Daily Mercury NSW, January 9, 1901. article He was an employee of the Harbors and Rivers department when he volunteered to go. He was held in high regard by fellow employees and comrades in the naval unit. Word was taken to his wife by Commander Gardner at her home in Merewether.
This cemetery had been destroyed by the Boxers and was restored by the British.
It was destroyed again by the Red Guards in 1966 when they went on a country side ramage smashing anything old.
Inscription
In memory of Eli Rose, NSW Naval Brigade, Died 6th of January, 1901, aged 37 years. Erected by his mates. Dead but not forgotten. May God be with you.
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