MARSH, William
| Service Number: | 390 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, 1866 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Cape Town, South Africa, 9 August 1902, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 390 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 390, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 11 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 390, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 167, notes discharged in South Africa on 11 May 1902, its presumed to take up employment there. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When William Marsh enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as John Darby, 17 High St, Ramsgate, Kent, England. The original nominal roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, records his N.O.K. as John Darly, 17 High St, Ramsey, Kent, England but does not record the type of kin relationship he had with this person.
In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 167, it notes he was discharged in South Africa on 11 May 1902. It also notes he died just under 3 months later on 9 Aug 1902 at Woodstock Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. His death certificate (see copy on find a grave memorial) notes he was single and aged 36, and died from pneumomia resulting from cracked ribs puncturing a lung caused by a horse falling on him at Johannesburg, South Africa.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 517; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of
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