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HOFFMANN, Andrew Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 55, 536 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Farrier Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC) |
| Born: | Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 8 April 1866 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Cerebral Haemorrhage, Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa, 29 April 1934, aged 68 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 55, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 55, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 1 May 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Farrier Sergeant, 536, Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC), - Recorded rank was "Sergeant Shoe Smith". - On 1 Dec 1901, BVC became the Pietersburg Light Horse. - During this time he was with the Cattle Ranger Corp. | |
| 1 May 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 55, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Records indicate the soldier did not return home with the 3rd QMI and instead enlisted on 1 May 1901 with the Bushveldt Carbineers from which he was discharged on 13 Nov 1901. |
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