Henry George FORDHAM

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FORDHAM, Henry George

Service Number:	103
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 December 1879
Home Town:	Herston, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 May 1943, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Plot: MON-1-67A-4
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 103, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
13 Jan 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 103, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 457 notes 2nd QMI embarked 13 Jan 1900 aboard Maori King arriving Cape Town 24 Feb 1900.
25 Aug 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 103, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Aberdeen arriving Brisbane 18 Aug 1900, discharged 25 Aug 1900.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Henry George Fordham served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 103, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry. Second service was as a Private rising to Sergeant then reverting to Corporal S.N. 3, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

His younger brother Edward Arthur Fordham (Private S.N. 297) also served with him in the 5th QIB.

When Henry George Fordham first enlisted in 1900 in the 2nd QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 20 Jan 1900, he noted his address as James St, Teneriffe, Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 2nd QMI, p. 48, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his brother-in-law Mr. Alfred Stringer, Railway Commissioners Office, Brisbane. He was invalided from the war and returned to Brisbane where he was discharged in Aug 1900.

When he re-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 brother-in-law A. Stringer, South Brisbane.

Henry George Fordham was born on 20 Dec 1879 at Brisbane, Queensland, a son to Henry Fordham and Eliza Fordham (nee Henry). He married Emmie Borton on 21 Dec 1909 in Queensland and they had 1 child. He served for a period as the Secretary of the African War Veterans' Association.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 461 and 493; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier 1st service; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 2nd QMI, p. 48 and 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 31).

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