Felix Bernard Theodore KOCH

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KOCH, Felix Bernard Theodore

Service Number:	141
Enlisted:	26 September 1914, National Archives Australia WW1 service records.
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 10 September 1879
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	War related illness, 20 March 1924, aged 44 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Plot: Church of England A Section
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 141, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
17 Feb 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 470 notes promoted to Corporal 17 Feb 1900.
21 Jul 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 470 notes promoted to Sergeant 21 Jul 1900.
22 Jul 1900:	Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 141, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 470 notes slightly wounded (gunshot wound) 22 Jul 1900.
23 Jan 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 141, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided due to gunshot wound returned to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 16 Jan 1901, discharged 23 Jan 1901.
1 Mar 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 488, contingent departed aboard Templemore 6 Mar 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 491 notes contingent returned to Australia embarking 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.
19 May 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 530 notes that contingent embarked from Pinkenba (Brisbane) aboard Custodian 19 May 1902 arriving Durban 22 Jun 1902. Proceeded as far as Newcastle, Natal by which time peace had been declared.
9 Aug 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 530 notes embarked from Durban 28 Jun 1902 arriving Brisbane 2 Aug 1902, disbanded 9 Aug 1902.

World War 1 Service

26 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, National Archives Australia WW1 service records.
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
7 Jun 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, National Archives Australia WW1 service records notes invalided due to epilepsy returned to Australia aboard Runic, discharged 7 Jun 1916.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Felix Bernard Theodor Koch served three times in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private (promoted to Corporal and then Sergeant) S.N. 141 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, second as a Lieutenant (Supernumerary) in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen and third as a Lieutennt in the 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse. He would also go on to serve in WW1 (including at Gallipoli) as a Lieutenant in the 9th Infantry Battalion 3rd Brigade AIF. (sources AWM Boer War Nominal Roll and National Archives Australia Boer War Dossiers and WW1 Service Records).

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