FINCHAM, William Nathaniel
| Service Number: | 516 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Kenninghall, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 August 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Plot: 5-96-69 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 516, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 10 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 516, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB Draft embarked at Pinkenba 10 Mar 1901 aboard Chicago arriving Port Elizabeth 20 Apr 1901. | |
| 3 Feb 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 516, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 28, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Manchester Merchant arriving Brisbane 3 Feb 1902, discharged 3 Feb 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When William Nathaniel Fincham enlisted in 1901, he was part of a draft of men established to follow, and embarked some four days after, the main 5th QIB contingent to South Africa. The men in the draft were not included in the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives. He is however, included in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 28, and in newspaper reports.
His details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, where his N.O.K. is recorded as his sister Mrs. A. T. Gallichan, Kennigo St, Brisbane. His sister Julia Elizabeth Fincham had married Alfred Thomas Gallichan in 1892. The newspaper records his name as Nathaniel William Fincham, however, the Boer War Service Paybooks record him as William Nathaniel Fincham.
William Nathaniel Fincham was born in Mar 1874 at Kenninghall, Norfolk, England, a son to David Fincham and Phillis Fincham (nee Pilgrim). He was one of eight children who emigrated with his parents, when he was still a toddler, to Queensland aboard Ophelia in 1875. While still in quarantine his sister Matilda passed followed by his mother a few days later. His father passed in 1886 while he was 11 or 12 years old suggesting he was then cared for by his older siblings.
He married Helen McAllan on 23 Aug 1905 at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 504; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 28; Geni- online genealogy bio; Find A Grave- David Fincham (father) bio).
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