BURGE, Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 80, Commissioned Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1899 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Allora, Queensland, Australia, 1 July 1879 |
| Home Town: | Allora, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Allora State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Auctioneer's Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial |
| Memorials: | Allora Shire Soldiers Memorial, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 80, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 80, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 80, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, SS Cornwall, Brisbane for South Africa - disembarking Cape Town 13 December 1899 | |
| 13 Dec 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 80, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, SS Orient, Cape Town for return to Australia - disembarking Brisbane 17 January 1901 |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Served in the South African (Boer) war and WW1.
When he first enlisted in 1901 in the 1st QMI, A Coy, and his details were published with the rank and file in The Brisbane Courier, 18 Nov 1899, it was noted he was single and from Allora, Qld. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 1st QMI, A Coy, Bk 1 p. 19, it is noted he directed part of his pay to Mr. W. Burge, Saddler, Allora, who was his father.
in 1914 he again enlisted for WW1 and applied for a commission and was appointed as a Lieutenant. On his Application for a Commission Form, dated 17 Aug 1914, it is noted that; he was born at Allora on 1 Jul 1879; he was single with the trade of Auctioneers Clerk; he had suceesfully completed his Lieutenant examinations in 1912; his N.O.K. was his father William Burge, Allora; and he had previously served in South Africa with the 1st QMI. He was appointed Lieutenant with the 2nd Light Horse Regiment on 14 Aug 1914 and while serving at Gallipoli he was initially reported missing in action, later confirmed as killed in action on 7 Aug 1915.
Joseph Burge was born on 1 Jul 1879 at Allora, Qld, a son to William Burge and Mary Ann Burge (nee Lambley).
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 452; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, A Coy., Bk 1 p. 19; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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