COLQUHON, Joseph
| Service Number: | 247 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom., 11 July 1879 |
| Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Timber Getter |
| Died: | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 11 August 1952, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 247 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 247, 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. | |
| 12 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 247, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 40, notes returned to Australia aboard Aurania arriving Brisbane 5 Jun 1902, discharged 12 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also served in WW1, Private S.N. 1409, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force AIF.
McLachlan's notes on his index to Murray's Boer War Nominal roll suggests that this soldier served twice in the Boer War, with Murray recording him in a prior service as Joseph Colquhoun, S.N. 133 in the 1st Qld Mounted Infantry. It is noted that the Boer War Service Paybooks held by Qld State Archives for the 1st QMI and 6th QIB contingents record the soldier on both occasions under the surname Colquhoun, and indicate he was from Mount Morgan. It is also noted for the 1st QMI service he directed part of his pay to Mrs. J. Colquhoun, Gordon St, Mount Morgan.
When Joseph Colquhon enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published (under Colquhoun) with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as J. Colquhoun, Australia St., Mount Morgan. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 40, it notes his address as Gordon St., Mount Morgan.
When Joseph Colquhoun enlisted for WW1 on 6 Aug 1918 he noted on his Attestation Paper that; he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 11 Jul 1879 and was 31 years 1 month old; he worked as a timber getter while living at Windsor, Brisbane; his N.O.K. was his father James Colquhoun, Patterson St, Mount Morgan; and that he had previously served in South Africa. On his Application to Enlist he noted the Windsor address he resided at was that of his sister Mrs E. Goodwin (Helen Ferguson Colquhoun had married Edmund Gore Goodwin in 1907).
Joseph Colquhoun was born on 11 Jul 1879 at Edinburgh, Scotland, a son to James Coloquhoun and Jane Colquhoun (nee Hush). When his father passed in 1925 at Mount Morgan an obituary was published in several newspapers indicating he and his family had taken up residence there more than 30 years previous and he had served as the Mount Morgan Council Town Inspector for 25 years.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 514; Qld State Archives- Boer war Service Paybooks, Bk 2 p. 40; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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