CLEMENTS, William James
| Service Number: | 502 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 6 April 1872 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 October 1926, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Balmoral Cemetery, Qld Plot: 5-514 |
| Memorials: | Maryborough Boer War Honour Roll |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 502, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 10 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 502, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB Draft embarked at Pinkenba 10 Mar 1901 aboard Chicago arriving Port Elizabeth 20 Apr 1901. | |
| 23 Oct 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 502, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 16, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Harlech Castle arriving Brisbane 16 Sep 1901, discharged 23 Oct 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When William James Clements enlisted in 1901, he was part of a draft of men established to follow, and embarked some four days after, the main 5th QIB contingent to South Africa. The men in the draft were not included in the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives. He is however, included in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 16, and in newspaper reports.
His details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, where his N.O.K. is recorded as his mother Mrs. M. A. Clements, Cheapside St, Maryborough. He was invalided back to Australia arriving in Brisbane on 16 Sep 1901.
William James Clements was born on 6 Apr 1872 at Maryborough, a son to William Clements and Mary Ann Clements (nee Matthers). He was twice married. He first married Rosa Emily Walding on 4 Nov 1901 at Maryborough and they had 1 child before Rosa passed in 1909 at Maryborough. He then married again to Mary Ellen Hehir on 24 Aug 1912 in Queensland and they had 3 children.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 504; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 16).
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