Thomas John BANNISTER

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Service Number:	255
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 8 April 1859
Home Town:	Roma, Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling:	Brisbane Orphanage, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Stockman / Drover
Died:	Liver Cancer, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 March 1919, aged 59 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Portion 6, Section 10, Grave 15
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 255, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
3 Mar 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 255, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900.
16 Nov 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 472 notes promoted to Lance Corporal 16 Nov 1900.

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