OXFORD, Arthur
| Service Number: | 192 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom, 31 March 1882 |
| Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cooper's Machinist |
| Died: | K.I.A. WW1, Palestine, 6 November 1917, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Beersheba War Cemetery Plot: C. 42. |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 192, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 4 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 42, notes promoted to Corporal 4 Mar 1901. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 192, 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. | |
| 1 Jul 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 497 notes promoted to Sergeant 1 Jul 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 192, 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
Arthur Oxford, full name Arthur Robert French Oxford, was born on 31 Mar 1882 in Bornemouth, England, a son to James Oxford and Elizabeth Oxford (nee Harvey). He married Ellen Jane Dyer on 5 Sep 1906 in Brisbane and they had 2 children while residing in South Brisbane.
He also served in WW1, S.N. 2223, 3rd Australian Camel Battalion AIF and he was killed in action at Palestine on 6 Nov 1917. When he enlisted in 1915 for WW1 he noted on his Attestation Paper that he; was 35 years 6 months old; married with 2 children; working as a Machinist; previously served in Boer War 5th QIB; and was living in South Brisbane.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 497; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2 p. 42; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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