GRAY, James Roderick
| Service Number: | 157 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 157, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 157, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
| 16 Dec 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 157, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 47, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Harlech Castle arriving Brisbane 8 Dec 1900, discharged 16 Dec 1800. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When James Roderick Gray enlisted in 1899 in the 1st QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Brisbane Courier, 18 Nov 1899, he was recorded as Private J. R. Gray, married, Post Office, Gympie. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 47, it is noted he directed part of his pay to Mrs. J. Gray c/- Mrs. Nunn, Nelson Lane, Gympie. He was invalided from service returning aboard Harlech Castle to Brisbane where he was discharged 16 Dec 1900.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 451; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk. 1 p. 47).