HARRIS, Thomas
| Service Number: | 388 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 5 January 1881 |
| Home Town: | Homebush, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 6 November 1952, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mackay Cemetery, Qld Plot: Church of England Section 3, Line 2, Plot 6 - NO INSCRIPTON (buried with his wife). |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 388 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 388, 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, 388, 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Thomas Harris enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Johnson Harris, Homebush, General Gordon Hotel, via Mackay. In the original nominal roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his N.O.K. was his father.
Thomas Harris was born on 5 Jan 1881 in Queensland, a son to Johnstone Harris and Jane Harris (nee Graham). He married Sarah Jane King on 3 Aug 1904 in Queensland and they had 6 children. Thomas was a farmer in the Homebush/Mackay district.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 517; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 6).
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