DUDLEY, John
| Service Number: | 448 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | 1877, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Taxi Cab Proprietor |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 November 1937, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Balmoral Cemetery, Qld Plot: 7-328 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 448, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 448, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 448, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When John Dudley enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father William Dudley, Ipswich Rd, Woolloongabba.
John Dudley was born about 1877 (Brisbane City Council cemetery records show he was 60 when he passed in 1937), a son to William Dudley and Emily Dudley (nee Biggs). He married Nancy Ann Shanahan and they had at least 3 children, and he was a taxi cab proprietor.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 7; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 114; Australian Cemeteries Index- memorial bio).
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