MAY, James
| Service Number: | 299 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia, 23 April 1871 |
| Home Town: | Crows Nest, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died in hospital from from cancer and heart failure, Temora, New South Wales, Australia, 18 February 1928, aged 56 years |
| Cemetery: |
Temora (Old) Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 299 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 299, 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. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 299, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When James May 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 J. May, Taylor's Siding, Crow's Nest. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 88, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his father Mr J. May, Taylors Siding, Crows Nest line.
James William Taylor was born on 23 Apr 1871 at Tarnagulla, Victoria, a son to John May and Elizabeth Ellen May (nee Small). He married Catherine Cecilia Hogan in 1910 at Bourke, NSW, and they had 2 children and lived in the Temora district, NSW.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 88; Australian Boer War Memorial- database bio).
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