HITCHCOCK, John Henry
| Service Number: | 190 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, 1866 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 13 June 1931, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West End (Old Townsville) Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 190, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 190, 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. | |
| 25 Aug 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 190, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes, invalided with Enteric Fever and Lumbago, returned to Australia aboard Aberdeen arriving Brisbane 18 Aug 1900, discharged 25 Aug 1900. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When John Henry Hitchcock enlisted in 1899 in the 1st QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Brisbane Courier, 18 Nov 1899, he was recorded as Corporal J. H. Hitchcock, Staunton Hill, Townsville. It appears he was a member of the volunteer defence force in Townsville prior to enlisting. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 52, it notes he directed part of his pay to his wife Mrs. J. H. Hitchcock, Stanton Hill Drill Shed, Townsville.
The service paybooks also record that he was originally enrolled as a Coropral and was reduced in rank to Private on 29 Dec 1899. The Stanton Hill Drill Shed was part of the North Ward Defence Complex developed from 1885 that served as a volunteer defence training facility within the suburb of North Ward, Townsville. He was invalided from service suffering the effects of Enteric Fever and Lumbago returning aboard Aberdeen to Brisbane where he was discharged 25 Aug 1900.
John Henry Hitchcock was born about 1866 in England, a son to Robert Wells Hitchcock and Mary Ann Hitchcock (nee Hickley). It is unclear when he arrived in Queensland with his parents and family. He was twice married. He married Annie Augusta Emeline Richter on 17 Jun 1890 in Queensland and they had 6 children before Annie passed in 1906. He then married widow Mary Jane Brown (nee Exelby) on 29 Jan 1910 in Queensland becoming step-father to her surviving children.
(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. 52).
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