HOLCOMBE, James David
| Service Number: | 176 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 19 February 1878 |
| Home Town: | Gatton, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 18 December 1915, aged 37 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mackay Cemetery, Qld Plot: Catholic Section 1, Line 3, Plot 47 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 176, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 176, 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. | |
| 23 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 176, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 449 notes 1st QMI embarked 13 Dec 1900 returning to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 17 Jan 1901, disbanded 23 Jan 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When James David Holcombe 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 Private J. Holcombe, single, Gatton. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 53, it is noted he directed part of his pay to J. Holcombe Sen. (his father), Gatton.
The paybooks note, that like a number of the men, he was seconded to the South African Police between 19 Jun 1900 and 5 Nov 1900. He served the full tour of the 1st QMI returning to Brisbane where he was discharged on 23 Jan 1901.
James David Holcombe was born on 19 Feb 1878 in Queensland, a son to John Holcombe and Bridget Mary Holcombe (nee Keane). He married Mary Ann Theresa Vaughan on 3 Feb 1910 in Queensland and they had 5 children.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 452; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Pybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 53).