PEGG, Henry
| Service Numbers: | 644, 165 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, 1864 |
| Home Town: | Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Surgery Complications, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 February 1922 |
| Cemetery: |
South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 9A/-/17A |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 644 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 165, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 165, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd contingent embarked from Brisbane 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 16 May 1900: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 470 notes promoted to Corporal 16 May 1900. | |
| 21 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 165, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Bore War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd contingent embarked from Cape Town 9 May 1901 returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (by train to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901. | |
| 20 Aug 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 644, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes part of the first draft that followed the original 6th contingent left by train 18 Aug 1901 embarking in Sydney 20 Aug 1901 aboard Britannic arriving Cape Town 22 Sept 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 644, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes the 6th contingent embarked 17 May 1902 at Durban returning to Australia aboard Devon arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Henry Pegg served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private (promoted to Corporal) S.N. 165 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, and second as a Private S.N. 644 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 470 and 518).
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Henry Pegg served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private (promoted to Corporal) S.N. 165 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, and second as a Private S.N. 644 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 470 and 518).
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Henry Pegg was also known as Henry Thomas Pegg.
Henry Pegg served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private rising to Corporal S.N. 165 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry. Second service was as a Private rising to Sergeant (and reverting back to Private at own request) S.N. 644 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (1st Draft).
When he joined the 3rd QMI in 1900 and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 3 Mar 1900, it noted he was single and his address was Wellington Rd., Woolloongabba. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 3rd QMI, Bk 3 p. 63, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. Sarah Anferson, Redfern St, Woolloongabba. He served the full tour of the 3rd QMI and was discharged in Brisbane 20 Jun 1901.
Not long after he was selected in the First Draft of the 6th QIB and embarked again for South Africa in Aug 1901. The members of the draft mainly consisted of men who had served in previous contingents in South Africa and were assembled as reinforcements for the 5th and 6th QIB contingents already in South Africa.
Men in the draft were not recorded in the original nominal roll for the 6th QIB. He was however, recorded in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB (to which he was allotted), Bk 4 p. 82, where it was noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. Sarah Anderson, Redfern St, Woolloongabba. The paybooks note he was promoted to Corporal 18 Aug 1901, then Sergeant 21 Aug 1901, but then reverted to Private 24 Aug 1901 at own request.
The Brisbane Courier, 16 May 1902, notes when the 5th QIB embarked to return to Australia that, S.N. 644, Private Hy. Pegg, remained in South Africa for further service. The service paybooks note he was returned to Brisbane where he was discharged 14 Aug 1902.
Henry Pegg was born in England in 1864, a son to Charles Pegg and Sarah Pegg (nee Anderson). It is unclear when he and his siblings emigrated with his mother to Queensland. His mother was married 3 times, first to his father Charles in England, then John Tibbits Snr in Brisbane and then John Anderson in Brisbane. According to an In Memoriam notice published in The Telegraph, 17 Mar 1922, Henry Thomas Pegg passed "after a severe operation, on 25 February, 1922, aged 58". The notice was "inserted by his sorrowing aged mother, Sarah Anderson".
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 470 & 518; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 3rd QMI, Bk 3 p. 63, and 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 82).
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