GOURGAUD, John Claudius
| Service Number: | 361 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 27 February 1880 |
| Home Town: | Upper Coomera, Gold Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Public Servant |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 28 April 1964, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Charters Towers Monumental & Lawn Cemetery, Queensland Plot: LYND, Section 55, Plot 63, Grave # 13276 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 361, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 361, 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. | |
| 12 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 361, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 28, notes remained in hospital when 5th QIB returned, invalided returned to Australia aboard Aurania arriving Brisbane 5 Jun 1902, discharged 12 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When John Claudius Gourgaud 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 mother Mrs. C. Gourgaud, State School, Upper Coomera. In the Boer War Service Paybooks of the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 28, it is noted part of his pay was directed to a joint account held with P. A. Gourgaud (his younger brother Percival Albert Gourgaud).
John Claudius Gourgaud was born on 27 Feb 1880 in Queensland, a son to Claudius Gourgaud and Mary Jane Gourgaud (nee Barnes). He married Bridget "Bride" Foley on 17 Feb 1909 at Townsville and they had 2 children. Following his return from the Boer war he had a long career with the Queensland Public Service. He served in various positions with the Lands Dept. and also with the Justice Dept. and Births, Deaths and Marriages, in locations through Queensland but principally in north western and northern Queensland.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 501; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 28; Ntional Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent for service in South Africa, p. 6).
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