PINNOCK, Philip William Grant
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 17 July 1859 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Manager |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Captain, Officer, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 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. | |
| 23 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided and returned to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 16 Jan 1901 (no discharge date) assumed discharged when unit was disbanded 23 Jan 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Served in the First Queensland Mounted Infantry Contingent, "B" Company, in the Boer War, 1899-1902.
Major P.W.G. Pinnock, A.I Staff. B Company; Promoted to Brevet-Major; Staff Officer with the advanced base of the Mounted Infantry Brigade from July to November 1900; Queen's Medal with 3 clasps.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Philip William Grant PINNOCK was born in Tamworth, NSW on 17th July, 1859
His parents were Philip PINNOCK & Mary Ann MUNRO
He married Mary Ellen PETRIE on 28th August, 1884 in Queensland - one known child, Olive Grant PINNOCK born 14th June, 1890 in Queensland
He served during the Boer War as Captain in the 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry - he is mentioned as serving in the British Army in 1905 - in 1914 there was an article in the New South Wales Police Gazette and he was listed as a missing person
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