HART, James
| Service Number: | 186 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | 1866, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Helidon, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 October 1940, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 2, Section 8 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 186, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 186, 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. | |
| 8 Sep 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 186, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier, notes invalided due to enteric fever returned to Australia aboard Damascus arriving at Brisbane 1 Sep 1900, discharged 8 Sep 1900. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When James Hart enlisted in 1899 in the 1st QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 18 Nov 1899, he was recorded as Private J. Hart, single, Helidon. He was invalided from service due to enteric fever returning to Brisbane where he was discharged 8 Sep 1900. When he passed in 1940 his memorial plaque noted he was 74 years of age.
James Hart was born in about 1866, at a location yet to be determined, a son to James Hart amd Maria Hart (nee Chambers). Not long after returning from the war he married Mary Ann Doherty on 7 Nov 1900 at her parents residence at Helidon. On their Marriage Notice published in The Queenslander, 24 Nov 1900, it was noted he was a member of the Queensland First Contingent. They had 4 children and resided at Helidon for a period before moving to Brisbane.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 452; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 49).