Thomas John GRAYSON

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GRAYSON, Thomas John

Service Number:	209
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Killarney, Queensland, Australia, 8 February 1881
Home Town:	Loch Lomond, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Paitner, Sawmiller, Farmer
Died:	Loch Lomond, Queensland, Australia, 10 March 1945, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Killarney Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Gen Row N Gr #10
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 209
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 209, 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.
12 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 209, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 3, note invalided returned to Australia aboard Aurania arriving Brisbane 5 Jun 1902, discharged 12 Jun 1902.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Thomas John Grayson was born on 8 Feb 1881 in the Killarney district of Queensland, a son to Thomas Grayson and Elizabeth Grayson (nee Mawhirt). He married Alice Annie Hall on 16 Jan 1907 in Queensland and had 7 children while residing at Loch Lomond, Queensland.

After his schooling he completed an apprenticeship as a painter at Warwick working in that occupation for 3 years, before working at a sawmill in Killarney prior to enlisting for the Boer War. Invalided from the war with Enteric Fever in Jun 1902 he returned to the Killarney area and took up farming at Loch Lomond where he remained until he passed.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 513; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB Bk 2, p. 3; Obituary- The Warwick Daily News, 14 Apr 1945, p. 2).

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