BRADSHAW, William
| Service Numbers: | 99, 611 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 99, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 99, 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. | |
| 21 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 99, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901. | |
| 20 Aug 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 611, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes the First Draft of the 6th QIB embarked at Sydney 20 Aug 1901 aboard Britannic arriving Cape Town 22 Sep 1901. | |
| 14 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 611, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 49, notes returned to Australia aboard Norfolk arriving Brisbane 7 Aug 1902, discharged 14 Aug 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
William Bradshaw served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 99 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, second as a Private S.N. 611 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Newspaper report of 16 May 1902 had him remaining in South Africa for service when the rest of the 6th QIB embarked 17 May 1902 to return to Australia with his date of discharge unknown.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 469 & 518).
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
William Bradshaw served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 99 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry. Second service was as a Private S.N. 611 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
When he enlisted in 1900 with the 3rd QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 3 Mar 1900, it noted he was married and living at Maryvale St, Toowong. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 3rd QMI, Bk 1 p. 45, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his wife Ada Bradshaw, Bayswater Rd, Milton. He served the full tour with the 3rd QMI and was discharged in Brisbane on 21 Jun 1901.
He then later joined again with the 6th QIB as part of the 1st Draft of the 6th that embarked on 20 Aug 1901, some 4 months after the main 6th QIB had left. The men selected in the 1st Draft in the main consisted of men who had previously served in previous contingents in South Africa, and were being sent as reinforcements for the 5th and 6th QIB contingents already in South Africa.
The men in the draft were not entered on the original nominal roll of the 6th QIB but were recorded in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, to which he was allotted, held by Qld State Archives. In his entry, Bk 4 p.49, it is noted he again directed part of his pay to his wife Ada Bradshaw, Bayswater Rd, Milton.
Newspaper report of 16 May 1902 had him remaining in South Africa for further service when the rest of the 5th QIB embarked to return to Australia. His entry in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB notes he returned to Australia aboard the Norfolk and was discharged in Brisbane from 14 Aug 1902.
William Bradshaw had married Ada Jackson on 26 Jun 1889 in Queensland and they had 3 children prior to William enlisting in 1900 with the 3rd QMI. His life after his second discharge is unclear as it appears that by 1911 Ada had remarried.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 469 & 518; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 3rd QMI, Bk 1 p. 45, and 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 49).
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