PALMER, William
| Service Number: | 155 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 25 November 1883 |
| Home Town: | Hemmant, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 April 1961, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland Plot: LAWN-1-786 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 155, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 155, 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. | |
| 4 Jan 1902: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 155, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 496 notes severely wounded, Onverwacht 4 Jan 1902. | |
| 22 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 155, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB p 179 notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Columbian arriving Brisbane 15 May 1902, discharged 22 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When William Palmer enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB his N.O.K. was noted in the Boer War Service Paybooks held by Qld State Archives as his mother Mrs. E. Palmer at Hemmant, Qld. However, with his photo published in The Queenslander newspaper 16 Mar 1901, p. 516, he again noted his N.O.K. as his mother but under a different syrname, Mrs. Wood at Hemmant, Qld. Online family history sites indicate he also used the name William Palmer-Wood.
BDM Qld has his birth registered as William Palmer on 25 Nov 1883 in Queensland, a son to Henry Wood and Ellen Daly Wood, with the same parents noted on his death registration. It would appear he was born before his mother married Henry Wood. William Palmer married Eileen May Michel, date and place unkonwn.
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