James William GAMBLE

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GAMBLE, James William

Service Number:	33
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 30 April 1869
Home Town:	Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Waterside Worker
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1 December 1925, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Mon 1A-220
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 33
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 33, 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.
23 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 33, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

NOK Mr. Charles GAMBLE, Qualtrough Street, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Qld.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

James William Gamble was born on 30 Apr 1869 in Queensland, a son to Charles Gamble and Margaret Gamble (nee Guilfoyle). He married Ida Cecilia Donaldson on 24 Aug 1903 in Queensland and they had 8 children. He worked as a waterside worker and they were living in the Woolloongabba area when he passed in 1925.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 510; National Archive Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 1).

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