Albert Edmond Tame (1879 - 1927)

Born 17 Aug 1879 in Berrima, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Hamer) Tame — married 27 Apr 1904 in Mackay, Queensland, Australia

Descendants

Died 5 Nov 1927 at age 48 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Extract from a Goulburn newspaper (date not given).

“Sydney Morning Herald”

TAME- In loving memory of my dear comrade, Trooper Walter Tame, B Squadron, 3rd NSW Bushman, who died at No. 13 General Hospital, Johannesburg, October 20th, 1901, aged 19 years; also Trooper Tim Tame, B Squadron, 3rd Bushman, who died at No. 17 General Hospital, Standerton, January 20th, aged 17 years; and QMS Harry Tame, B Squadron, 3rd Bushman, who died at No 15 General Hospital, Middleburg, aged 28 years, dearly loved sons of Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Tame, Eveleigh Street, Redfern (late of Wingello). Loved by all who knew them. Inserted by their fond comrade, Jack Ellis, Army Medical Corps. (Note: Tim is Herbert Tame).

LETTER OF SYMPATHY.

Captain T.B. Lynch, CBC, in a letter to Mr. Tame of Wingello, touching the death of the latter’s sons at the front, writes.: “ I had command of the 4th draft which left Sydney last April, in which were your four sons. There is not a member of that contingent but will hear with regret of your bereavement. No better men ever sailed from these shores, and each and every one of them soon won the esteem and regard of officers and men alike. I have had two experiences of the campaign in South Africa, and I must say that your sons were the finest specimens of the real Australian that I ever met. I would trust them with my life. Their names were constantly before me, because if ever occasion arose for the special services of real good men- one who could be trusted and depended upon to do any special work- it was invariably one of the Tames who would be selected. I shall always remember them as four fine, manly fellows whom to know, meant respect and esteem”. (circa 1902)

The names of the three Tame brothers who died in South Africa, are engraved on the Boer war Memorial in Canberra, Australia.

Four Tame brothers enlisted together and were sent to South Africa as a 'spare' reinforcement draft for the 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles regiment. They were part of a group of 84 men under temporary command of Captain J.W. Niesigh, who with other reinforcements left Sydney on the SS Antillian on 5 April 1901. They disembarked in South Africa on 12 May 1901. The men were absorbed into the 3rd Imperial Bushmen's regiment after it was formed at Klerksdorp on 4 May 1901. The regiment saw service in the Western Transvaal until October 1901, when it was transferred to the Eastern Transvaal. John and Emily Tame, from Joadja, near Mittagong NSW, had twelve children. From the six boys of military age, four enlisted for service in the Boer War. Of the four brothers who served in South Africa three died of enteric fever within five months.

They are: Sergeant Albert E. Tame; Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant Henry Tame, who died at Middelberg on 23 March 1902; Private Walter Tame, who died at Standerton on 20 October 1901; Farrier Sergeant Herbert Bernden Tame, who died at Standerton on 7 February 1902.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Deidre Hiscox.

Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Albert E Tame Spouse Name: Ann Hamer Marriage Date: 1904 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Orange, New South Wales Registration Year: 1904 Registration Number: 4610

Acknowledgments

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