LANCASTER, Albert John
| Service Number: | 306 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Pola Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 5 November 1866 |
| Home Town: | Frederickton, Kempsey, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 19 October 1947, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Frederickton Cemetery, Kempsey Shire, New South Wales, Australia Plot: Anglican Row T |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 306, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 306, 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, 306, 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 Albert John Lancaster 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 mother Mrs. J. C. Frederickson, Macleay River, NSW. Referring to the original Nominal Roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, held by National Archives, the correct details for his N.O.K. was his mother Mrs. Jane Christian, Frederickton, Macleay River, NSW.
Albert John Lancaster was born on 5 Nov 1866 at Pola Creek via East Frederickton, NSW, a son to James Henry Lancaster and Jane Lancaster (nee Norton). His father passed when he was still a boy and he was sent to Colac, Victoria, to live with an uncle, Rev. John Norton. His mother remarried in 1886 to Cornelius Christian at Sydney.
He returned to Sydney as a young man and was working as the first officer at the Bank of Australasia at Newtown when the outbreak of the Boer War occured. He left his position with the bank and travelled to Brisbane to enlist with the Qld Imperial Bushmen.
Upon completion of his war service he returned to East Frederickton where he took up farming. He married Lydia Virginia Arthur on 20 Feb 1907 at South West Rocks. They made their home at Frederickton where they had 8 children. He was involved in local sport and community organisations, as a player with the local football club and served for a period as the secretary of the Frederickton Aquatic Club.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5; Obituary- The Macleay Chronicle, 29 Oct 1947, p. 2).
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