MULHALL, John
| Service Number: | 249 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 6 April 1879 |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mill Hand |
| Died: | 16 January 1956, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 15-28-12 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 249, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 249, 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, 249, 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
At the time of enlistment in 1901 this soldier was recorded by Murray on the nominal roll and in The Queenslander newspaper as John Mulhall, and in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB as John Alfred Mulhall. His Boer War Dossier compiled in 1956, the year he died, records him as John Alfred Mulhall whereas his gravesite headstone records him as John Alfred Francis Mulhall.
When John Mulhall 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 sister Mrs. S Larkins, Kings Creek, Nobby, Qld. His birth registration does not appear on the online BDM Qld historic records, however, his Boer War Dossier compiled in 1956 provides a date and place of birth in 1879, with his parents obtained via his death registration in 1956 on BDM Qld. It should be noted his gravesite headstone notes his year of birth as 1881 and the BDM death register notes it as 1882.
Based on information contained in his Boer War Dossier, John Alfred Mulhall was born on 6 Apr 1879 at Mill Hill, Warwick, a son to Joseph Michael Mulhall and Sophia Mulhall (nee Lawrence). Under the name John Alfred Francis Mulhall he married Celia Frances Edmonds on 24 Apr 1905 in Queensland and they had 4 children.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 96; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier).
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