JONES, Oswald Ker
| Service Number: | 293 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 11 December 1879 |
| Home Town: | Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 April 1950, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Brisbane Grammar School Boer War Honour Board |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 293, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 293, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 293, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Oswald Ker Jones enlsited in 1901 and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father Rev. T. Jones, Indooroopilly. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 140, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. F. S. Jones, Indooroopilly.
Oswald Ker Jones was born on 11 Dec 1879 in Queensland, a son to Thomas Jones and Frances Sophia Jones. His father, Rev. Thomas Jones, served as the minister at All Saints' Church, Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill. Oswald married Lucy Bull on 25 Oct 1919 in Queensland. They were residing at Riverview Terrace, Indooroopilly, when he passed in 1950.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 140).
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