DUCROT, James
| Service Number: | 225 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia., 1877 |
| Home Town: | Ayr, Burdekin, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 27 March 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 225 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 225, 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. | |
| 13 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 225, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 19, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Afric arriving Brisbane 6 Mar 1902, discharged 7 Mar 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also served in WW1, Private S.N. 1157, 2nd Light Horse Regiment AIF.
When he enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB (Boer War) and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. K. Ducrot, Grafton, NSW. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 19, it notes he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs K. Ducrot, Grafton NSW.
When he enlsited at Ayr, Qld, in Dec 1914 for WW1 he noted on his Attestation Form that; he was single, aged 37, born at West Maitland, NSW; his N.O.K. was his sister Blanche Ducrot at Grafton, NSW; he was a labourer; and he had previously served in the 6th QIB in the South African (Boer) War.
He was born Ignatius James Ducrot in 1877 at Maitland, NSW, a son to Louis Ducrot and Katheleen (alt. Catherine) Ducrot (nee O'Connell). He married Olive Virginia Steele on 4 Jul 1921 in Queensland and they had 2 children. It appears he resided in a number of areas along the east coast of Queensland. He was in the Ayr/Home Hill area when he enlisted in 1914. When his two sons enlisted for WW2 they noted they were born in Home Hill and Charters Towers and that their parents were living in Innisfail, and later Ashgrove- Brisbane.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 514; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 19; National Archives Australia- WW1 service records).
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