HOEY, Joseph
| Service Number: | 344 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 26 January 1871 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Raliway Worker |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 12 October 1935, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Blackall Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 344 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 344, 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. | |
| 15 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 344, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 125, notes discharged in South Africa 15 May 1902 prior to 6th QIB embarking to return to Australia. Further notes that he embarked from South Africa to return to Australia 21 Sep 1902 aboard Damascus to Sydney. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Joseph Hoey enlisted in 1901 and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Joseph Hoey, Hollymont, Toowoomba. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 125, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his father Mr. J. Hoey, Hollymont, Toowoomba.
Joseph Hoey was born on 26 Jan 1871 in the Toowoomba district, a son to Joseph Hoey and Bridget Hoey (nee Clifford). Both his parents were born in Ireland and made there way to Australia in the early 1860's and married at Toowoomba in 1864 and would have a large family of 10 children. They originally resided at Harlaxton, Toowoomba, before his father purchased land at Stoney Creek, Highfields where his parents would reside until they passed. His parents were known as pioneers of the Darling Downs.
When his father Joseph passed in 1912 an obituary published in the Darling Downs Gazette, 21 Aug 1912, detailed his parents history in the district. It noted that his father was survived by his widow and grown up family and that "Four of his sons are well known in the Railway Department; Messrs Richard, Thomas, Joseph and Patrick...". When his mother passed in 1924 her obituary in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 24 Dec 1924, noted that sons Thomas, Joseph and Patrick were then residing at Harlaxton.
Reports on his brother, Patrick's, passing in 1927 noted that Jospeh was then living at Tambo in Western Queensland. When Joseph passed in 1935 he was interred at the Blackall cemetery which is a town near Tambo.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 125).
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