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DURHAM, Herbert Rowland Pasley
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Llanddewi-Aberarth, Cardiganshire, Wales, United Kingdom, 10 December 1854 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Police Officer |
| Died: | Suicide, Hughenden, Queensland, Australia, 25 November 1906, aged 51 years |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Captain, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Capt. Herbert Rowland Pasley Durham was born Hubert Rowland Pasley Durham on 10 December 1854 at Llanddewi-Aberarth, Cardiganshire, Wales. It is unknown when he came to Queensland but had married Mary Ann Morse on 20 Apr 1887 in Queensland and was serving as a police officer in Brisbane when he joined the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen in 1900 to serve in the Boer War.
Upon his return from the war he was again employed as a police officer and was serving as a Sub-Inspector at Hughenden, Qld when on 25 Nov 1906 it was determined he died from a self inflicted gunshot.
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