KIMPTON, Mark
| Service Number: | 493 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Broulee, New South Wales, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Moruya, Eurobodalla, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Chatswood, Sydney - New South Wales, Australia, 1955, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Corporal, 493, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 7 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 504, notes he was part of the Draft of the 5th QIB. Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 7, notes appointed Corporal on 7 Mar 1901. | |
| 10 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 493, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB Draft embarked at Pinkenba 10 Mar 1901 aboard Chicago arriving Port Elizabeth 20 Apr 1901 | |
| 4 Jan 1902: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 493, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 504, notes slightly wounded at Onverwacht 04 Jan 1902. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 493, 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
Mark Kimpton was part of a draft of men established to follow, and embarked some four days after, the main 5th QIB contingent to South Africa. The men in the draft were not included in the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives.
When Mark Kimpton enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB 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, Morinya (Moruya), New South Wales. In the Boer War Service Paybooks of the 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 7, it notes he directed part of his pay to Mrs. S. Binns, Guilford House, Wynyard Square, Sydney, and that his address after discharge was Moruya, NSW.
Mark Kimpton was born in 1877 at Broulee, NSW, a son of Samuel Kimpton and Sarah Mary Kimpton (nee Jessop). He was part of a large family with 15 siblings, one being his elder sister Susan M. Kimpton born in 1860. Susan had married Christopher J. Binns in 1882 and it was her that was recorded in the Boer War Service Paybooks.
He married Cecilia Florence Bettini in 1904 at Annandale, NSW, and they had 2 children.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 504; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 7).
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