DEMPSTER, Robert
| Service Number: | 180 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Glascow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 September 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Portion 12 Section 61 Plot 1/2 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 180 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 180, 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, 180, 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 Robert Dempster enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. Ann Dempster, Kelvin Grove Rd, Enoggera. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB also note he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs A. Dempster, Enoggera.
He also served in WW1, Private S.N. 767, 2nd Light Horse Regiment AIF. When he enlisted in Dec 1914 he noted on his Attestation Paper he was single, aged 38, was a carpenter, had previously served in the Boer War in the 6th Qld. Imp. Bushmen, and his N.O.K. was his mother Mrs Ann Dempster, "Claremont", Toowong.
Robert Dempster was born in 1877 at Glasgow, Scotland, a son to Robert Dempster and Ann Dempster (nee Dalzell). He married Marion Orr on 24 Sep 1921 in Queensland.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 513; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Pybooks 6th QIB p. 184; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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