LOCK, Joseph
| Service Number: | 388 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 5 December 1877 |
| Home Town: | Charleville, Murweh, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carrier, Grazier |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 January 1954, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Plot: MONUMENTAL-COE3-29A-18 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 388, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 388, 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. | |
| 26 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 388, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, The Brisbane Courier (16 May 1902) reported he was among men discharged in South Africa on 26 Mar 1902 to take up employment there. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Joseph Lock 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. E. Calcino, Railway Hotel, Charleville. In the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his mother was Mrs. Eliza Calcino.
Joseph Lock was born on 5 Dec 1877 in Queensland, a son to Joseph Lock and Eliza Lock (nee Trayhorn). However, his father never got to see his son born as he tragically passed in Aug 1877. His mother, Eliza, then married Francisco Calcino on 1 Mar 1879 in Queensland and they resided at Charleville. Joseph Lock married Catherine Shepley on 15 May 1918 at St Paul's Church, East Brisbane and they would have 2 children.
(AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 501; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 6).
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