John Thomas NEARY

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NEARY, John Thomas

Service Number:	474
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Harrisville, Queensland, Australia, 7 August 1875
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 2 April 1928, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Plot: Methodist Uniting Church B, Grave number A4424
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 474, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 474, 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, 474, 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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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When John Thomas Neary enlisted in 1901 in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his brother W. (William) Neary, Thorn St, Ipswich.

John Thomas Neary was born on 7 Aug 1875 at Harrisville, Queensland, a son to Stephen Neary and Emma Neary (nee Gurney). At the time of his enlistment his father had passed and his mother had remarried in 1897.

When John passed in 1928 an obituary was published in The Queensland Times, 5 Apr 1928, which noted he was born at Harrisville but had resided in Ipswich for the past 40 years. It noted he had served in South Africa and for the past 26 years had lived and worked at the Ipswich Nursey which was owned by his brother-in-law Mr. W. Marsh.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Personal: Obituary - The Queensland Times, 5 Apr 1928).

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