John Frederick PERSKE

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PERSKE, John Frederick

Service Number:	818
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Regimental Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 18 March 1875
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 May 1919, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Plot: MON - GP5 - 34A - 89
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Warrant Officer II, 818, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
18 Feb 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 818, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 522 notes 1st BACH embarked at Sydney 18 Feb 1902 aboard Custodian arriving Durban 19 Mar 1902.
28 Mar 1902:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Regimental Sergeant Major, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 523 note promoted to Regimental Sergeant-Major 18 Mar 1902.
10 Aug 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Regimental Sergeant Major, 818, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 522 notes 1st BACH embarked at Durban 11 Jul 1902 aboard Drayton Grange returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 13 Aug 1902, disbanded 19 Aug 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Johann (John) Friedrich (Frederick) Otto Perske was born on 18 Mar 1875 in Queensland, a son to Gottholif Julius Perske and Albertine Perske (nee Discher). He married Eliza Jane Strain on 12 Feb 1908 in Brisbane, Queensland and they had 3 children.

He served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private (rising to Sergeant) S.N. 200 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Second service was as a Company Sergeant-Major (rising to Regimental Sergeant-Major) S.N. 818 in the 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse.

(Sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483 & 523; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier 2nd service record).

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