HARRISON, Robert
| Service Number: | 523 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1901, Onboard SS Templemore on the day of arrival at Port Elizabeth. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 523, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 1 Apr 1901: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 523, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Onboard SS Templemore on the day of arrival at Port Elizabeth. | |
| 1 Apr 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 523, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 137, notes he enrolled aboard SS Templemore on 1 April 1901, the day it arrived at Port Elizabeth. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Murray, in his compilation of the AWM Boer War Nominal Roll on p. 504 to 505, notes members of the 5th QIB who enrolled/enlisted in South Africa.
Robert Harrison enrolled in South Africa with the 5th QIB and as such was not recorded on the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland (Imperial Bushmen) Contingent held by National Archives. He was however, recorded in the Boer War Service Paybooks of the 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 138, where it is noted he enrolled aboard the Templemore on 1 April 1901 the day the ship arrived at Port Elizabeth.
The paybooks note his post discharge instructions to direct his medals and any pay balance due to, Miss Linda Gibbons, 60 Park St, Hobart. The Brisbane Courier, 16 May 1902, reports that when the 5th QIB embarked to return to Australia that he remained in South Africa for further service. The paybooks do not contain a place or date for discharge or return to Australia.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 504; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland (Imperial Bushmen) Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 138).