BROCKETT, Thomas
| Service Number: | 162 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 20 June 1871 |
| Home Town: | Cannon Hill, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Fettler |
| Died: | Cannon Hill, Queensland, Australia, 12 May 1918, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Balmoral Cemetery, Qld Plot: 14-42 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 162 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 162, 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. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 162, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Thomas Brockett enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and was photographed with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as hos sister Mrs. J. W. Thornton (Susan) of Surry St, Red Hill. Boer War Service Paybook for the 6th QIB held by Qld State Archives notes part of his pay was to be directed to his sister Mrs. S Thornton and she is also noted as his sister in his funeral notice.
Thomas Brockett was born on 20 Jun 1817 in Queensland, a son to John Brockett and Esther Graham Brockett (nee Granville). He married Anne Duffy on 30 Nov 1907 in Queensland and they had 4 children. They resided at Cannon Hill in Brisbane and Thomas worked as a fettler for the railways.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 513; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybook 6th QIB, p. 169; Funeral Notice, The Daily Mail, 13 May 1918).
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