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==The Grave==
 
==The Grave==
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THE GRAVE OF THE DRUMMER BOY
  
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In the Ballaarat Old Cemetery there is a gravestone, erected in recent years, to John Egan the drummer boy of the 12th Regiment of Foot. The inscription reads:
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In Memory Of
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Drummer Boy 3159
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JOHN EGAN
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12TH Regiment of Foot
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Killed in Line of Duty
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28TH November 1854
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This tombstone stands in the same consecrated ground as the monument to the military who lost their lives at the Eureka Riots. However, John Egan did not die in the line of duty at Eureka. He survived the injury that he sustained on 28th November, and went on to be court martialled and to cause trouble in the 12th Regiment for many years. Despite the popularly held belief of the "death of the Drummer Boy", current research reveals that he was still alive and was in Tasmania almost six years after the events at Eureka.  As with most research, with each "turning of the stone" more questions invariably arise than are answered. What actually happened to John Egan? Where is he buried? Did he return to England? These are questions that still remain unanswered.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 18:17, 8 July 2013

Background

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Post 1854 Experiences

The Grave

THE GRAVE OF THE DRUMMER BOY

In the Ballaarat Old Cemetery there is a gravestone, erected in recent years, to John Egan the drummer boy of the 12th Regiment of Foot. The inscription reads:


In Memory Of Drummer Boy 3159

JOHN EGAN

12TH Regiment of Foot

Killed in Line of Duty 28TH November 1854


This tombstone stands in the same consecrated ground as the monument to the military who lost their lives at the Eureka Riots. However, John Egan did not die in the line of duty at Eureka. He survived the injury that he sustained on 28th November, and went on to be court martialled and to cause trouble in the 12th Regiment for many years. Despite the popularly held belief of the "death of the Drummer Boy", current research reveals that he was still alive and was in Tasmania almost six years after the events at Eureka. As with most research, with each "turning of the stone" more questions invariably arise than are answered. What actually happened to John Egan? Where is he buried? Did he return to England? These are questions that still remain unanswered.

See also

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.


References


External links



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