COOGAN, James
| Service Number: | 202 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Balmain, Sydney - New South Wales, Australia, 1871 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Linesman- Post and Telegrapg Dept. |
| Died: | Richmond, Queensland, Australia, 25 August 1927, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Richmond Cemetery, Queensland Plot: RC 77 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 202, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 202, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
| 23 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 202, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 449 notes 1st QMI embarked 13 Dec 1900 returning to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 17 Jan 1901, disbanded 23 Jan 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When James Coogan enlisted in 1899 in the 1st QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Brisbane Courier, 18 Nov 1899, he was recorded as Private J. Coogan, single, c/- Rooney and Co., Townsville. He served the full tour of the 1st QMI returning to Brisbane where he was discharged on 23 Jan 1901.
James Coogan was born in 1871 at Balmain, Sydney, NSW, a son to Frederick Edward Coogan and Mary Helen Coogan (nee Birchill).
When he passed in 1927 an obituary was published in The Townsville Daily Bulletin as transcribed below.
Richmond Notes (Obituary)- The Townsville Daily Bulletin, 27 Aug 1927, p. 18.
I regret to have to record the death of Mr. James Coogan which occurred at the Richmond District Hospital this morning. The deceased who was 56 years of age was a native of Balmain, N.S.W. During the early years of his life he enlisted and served with credit in the South African War. Upon his return to Australia, he joined the Post and Telegraph Department, and about four years ago was transferred to Richmond as resident linesman. During the past twelve months he was overtaken with ill health and found it necessary to relinquish active duties in his work. The funeral was held at the Richmond Cemetery to-day, the Rev. Father Dillion officiating.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 452; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 28).