HILL, Onslow Frederick Stanley
| Service Numbers: | 636, 213 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia, 29 June 1881 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 March 1957, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Wall 12 Section 5 |
| Memorials: | Brisbane Grammar School Boer War Honour Board |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 636 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 213, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 213, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 213, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. | |
| 20 Aug 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 636, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 1st Draft of 6th QIB embarked at Sydney 20 Aug 1901 aboard Britannic arriving Cape Town 22 Sep 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 636, 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
Onslow Frederick Stanley Hill was born on 29 Jun 1881 at Ravenswood, Queensland, a son to William Richard Onslow "Willie" Hill (Police Magistrate, Mackay) and Emily Hill (nee Wilson). Following his Boer War service he returned to South Africa where he married Ivannah Gray Kirkpatrick "Ivy" Craig (reported as born in Qld 1884) on 23 Jun 1907 at Durban. It appears they returned to Queensland where their first child was born in 1914 with Ivy unfortunately passing away following childbirth. Onlsow remarried to Agnes Minnie Burton Bradley on 12 Jul 1919.
He served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 213 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Second service was as a Private S.N. 636 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483 and 518; Kirkpatrick Family History; Find A Grave memorial).
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