PATON, Thomas
| Service Number: | 245 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom, 8 November 1879 |
| Home Town: | Stanthorpe, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fruit Farmer, Seed Grader |
| Died: | Allora, Queensland, Australia, 21 September 1950, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Allora Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 245, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 245, 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. | |
| 27 Sep 1901: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 245, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498 notes slightly wounded, Mokari Drift, Caledon River 27 Sep 1901. | |
| 4 Jan 1902: | Imprisoned Battle of Onverwacht, Newspaper reports note he was among members of the 5th QIB captured and later released during the Battle of Onverwacht. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 245, 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
When Thomas Paton 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 father J. Paton, Stanthorpe, Queensland.
Thomas Paton was born on 8 Nov 1879 at Perth, Scotland, a son to John Paton and Ann Paton (nee Ford). He came to Queensland with his parents at the age of four and the family settled in Stanthorpe. He married Mary Reppel of Allora on 12 Aug 1931. After returning from the war he settled in Stanthorpe where he farmed fruit and later he and his wife resided in Allora where he was a seed grader.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 92; Obituary- Warwick Daily News, 17 Oct 1950, p. 2).
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