Adolph PHILIPOFSKI

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PHILIPOFSKI, Adolph

Service Number:	30
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born:	Germany, 26 November 1869
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 9 January 1943, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Block D11B Plot P1867
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 30, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Nov 1899:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 30, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899.
26 Sep 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 30, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 91, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Wilcannia arriving at Brisbane 19 Sep 1900, discharged 26 Sep 1900.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Adolph Philipofski enlisted in 1899 in the 1st QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Brisbane Courier, 18 Nov 1899, he was recorded as Private A. Philipofski, Post Office, Bundaberg. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 91, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his wife Mrs. A. Philipofski, Post Office, Bundaberg. He was invalided from service due to Enteric Fever returning to Brisbane where he was discharged on 26 Sep 1900.

Adolph Philipofski was born on 26 Nov 1869 in Germany, a son to August Philipofski and Wilhelmiena Philipofski (nee Orschofski), and emigrated to Australia with his parents at a young age. He married Mary Annie Hilda Schafer on 17 Jun 1891 at Bundaberg. They went on to reside at Isis where he was a farmer.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 453; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks, Bk 1 p. 91; Obituary- The Isis Recorder, 12 Jan 1943, p. 2).

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