HARVEY, George
| Service Number: | 310 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 310 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 310, 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. | |
| 16 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 310, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 97, notes he sought and was paid his war gratuity at Cape Town in South Africa and it is assumed he was discharged in South Africa prior to the 6th embarking to return home on 17 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When George Harvey 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 Mrs. M. Harvey, Newcastle, NSW. The original Nominal Roll for the 6th Qld Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5, notes that his nominated N.O.K. was his mother Mrs M. Harvey.
In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 97, it is noted on 8 Nov 1901 he made a request for £20 from his pay accumulated in his Govt. Savings Bank Acc to be paid to Mrs. Margaret Harvey- its assumed this is his mother. Further it is noted from 4 Feb 1902 that regular £2 payments were to be made to Mrs. Harvey at Marrackville, Sydney.
The final notes in the paybook indicate he applied for and was paid, in Cape Town, his war gratuity indicating he asked to be discharged in South Africa. His name is not among the list of soldiers, published in newspapers at the time, returning with the 6th QIB aboard the Devon that embarked from South Africa on 17 May 1902.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 97).
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