William KNOX

KNOX, William

Service Number: 104
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1872
Home Town: Grange (QLD), Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Cane Farmer, Surveyor
Died: Grange, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 November 1939, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Plot: Columbarium 2 Section 11
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 104, Queensland Imperial Bushmen

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

William Knox was born in 1872 at Aberdeen, Scotland, a son to George Knox and Catherine Knox (nee Napier). He married Isabella MacDonald on 13 Jan 1912 in Queensland. When he emigrated from Scotland he worked as a supervisor on canefileds in North Queensland, and later took a selection at Miles. He then took a position as supervisor of the Brisbane City Council survey department where he remained for 31 years.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 481; Obituary, The Courier Mail)

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