PHILP, Colin John Campbell
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 17 August 1880 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 8 October 1959, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tamrookum Anglican Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Brisbane Grammar School Boer War Honour Board |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant | |
| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. | |
| 24 Sep 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 & 519 notes part of 2nd draft of 6th QIB that embarked at Sydney 24 Sep 1901 aboard Harlech Castle arriving Cape Town 26 Oct 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Colin John Campbell Philp served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First as a Lieutenant with the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, and second as a Lieutenant with the 2nd Draft of the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
He was born on 17 Aug 1880 (his twin brother was stillborn) at Townsville, a son to Robert Philp and Jessie Banister Philp (nee Campbell). His father, Robert Philp, was of Scottish ancestory arriving in Australia as a boy with his family. Robert would go on to be a prominent businessman in Townsville and North Qld, becoming a partner with Sir James Burns in the company of Burns Philp & Co. Ltd. establishing the North Queensland Insurance Co. Ltd. and Bank of North Queensland. After leaving the company Robert Philp entered politics becoming the 15th Premier of Queensland 1809-1903 and again 1907-1908 and was appointed a K.C.M.G (Sir Robert Philp) in 1915.
On his return from the Boer War, Colin Philp entered into pastoral interests in North Queensland purchasing Riversleigh Station (cattle) on the Gregory River near Croydon in the Burketown District. He married Katharine Mary Collins on 25 Apr 1906 at Toowong, Brisbane. Katharine was the daughter of Robert Martin Collins from Tamrookum, a pastorlist in the Beaudesert area. Collin and Katharine would go on to have 4 children and also engage in pastoralist interests in the Boonah area owning Wyambyu Station at Boonah.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 479 and 519; various newspaper articles (see links on profile); Sir Robert Philp- Australian Dictionary of Biography Vol. 11, 1988).
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