BOYD, James
| Service Number: | 271 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 271 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 271, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 11 Apr 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 271, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 61, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Athenic arriving Brisbane 4 Apr 1902, discharged 11 Apr 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When James Boyd enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. Miles, Edgar Street, Swan Hill, Qld. In the original Nominal Roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his N.O.K. was his sister.
In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 61, it notes his address at discharge was c/- Mrs. Miles, Victoria Street, Swan Hill. Swan Hill has since been absorbed into the current Brisbane suburb of Windsor.
(source- AWM- Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 61; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 4).
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