DOWLING, John
| Service Number: | 345 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Ireland, 1860 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 May 1936, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 10-72-33 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 345 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 345, 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. | |
| 2 Jul 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 345, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 126, notes invalided returned to Australia (after the 6th QIB) aboard Australasian arriving Brisbane 25 Jun 1902, discharged 2 Jul 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When John Dowling 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 A. Dowling, Castlepollard, Westmead, Ireland. In the original Nominal Roll of the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his N.O.K. was his brother A. Dowling, Castlepollard, Westmead (Westmeath), Ireland.
In the AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, compiled by Murray, p. 516, only one John Dowling is recorded, in any contingent for any state, being in the 6th QIB. When he passed in 1936 his funeral notice noted he was a South African War Veteran.
John Dowling was born in about 1860 in Ireland, a son to John Dowling and Bridget Dowling (nee Conlon).
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 126).
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