MOROSKE, George
| Service Number: | 400 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Millicent, South Australia, Australia, 17 May 1881 |
| Home Town: | Eidsvold, North Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
| Died: | Heart Failure, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, 22 December 1928, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cloncurry Cemetery, Qld Plot: Portion 2 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 400 | |
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| 28 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Shoeing-Smith, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 177, noted promoted to Shoeing-Smith 28 Mar 1901. | |
| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Shoeing-Smith, 400, 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 1923: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Shoeing-Smith, 400, 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
His surname is incorrectly recorded by Murray as Moroske, correct spelling is Maroske as shown in the original nominal roll for the 6th QIB and the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB.
When George Maroske 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 G. Maroske, Terlinga Station, Eidsvold, Qld. in the original nominal roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. is recorded as being his father.
George Maroske was born on 17 May 1881 at Millicent, South Australia, a son to George Maroske and Amelia Maroske (nee Cream). His father had emigrated as a boy with his parents from England to South Australia. His father went into sheep farming in South Australia and ventured to Queensland for better opportunites, and was granted a selection near Eidsvold that would become Terlinga Station.
After returning from the Boer war, Geroge Maroske jnr ventured to Cloncurry where he became a retail businessman. At the time of his sudden passing in Dec 1928 he was the owner and operator of a Drapery Business; a Jewellery Business; and a Newsagency/Refreshment Room Business, all in Cloncurry township.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 517; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 6; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 177).
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