Born to Robert Dore and Sarah Creagan (–1925), he had at least seven younger siblings born in Queensland: Michael (1882–), Patrick William (1885–1041), Robert junior (1887–1954), John (1891–1918), James (1893–1962), Vincent (1895–), and Mary Patricia (1898–1969, m. William Spencer in 1920).
His birth name is Edmund, whilst as a police officer, he was known as Edward. His nicknames included Eric,[1] and Edge.
In 1910, Dore married Annie Guerin (–1981; to parents Michael William Guerin and Ann McNulty), and had at least five children in Queensland: Robert John (1911–1972), (E)dward (V)incent Basil (1914–1981; married Patricia Friel in 1945),[3] James Gustav (1916–1917), Mary Therese (1918–2008; married Lawrence O'Connor in 1943),[4] Michael Joseph 'Joe' (1920–2016) and Patricia Dore (1928 -2017) married Patrick Byrne Simpson in 1955.
Dore joined the Queensland Police Force, became a police officer after training on 2 July 1903, and was promoted to sergeant before medically retiring on 8 August 1935.[5]
After policing, Edward Dore settled in the Tully areas as a sugar cane farmer. He died in 1964 and is buried in the Martyn Street Cemetery, Cairns, Australia.