PLUCK, Patrick Christian
| Service Number: | 232 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Galway, Ireland, 6 January 1881 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Sandgate, Brisbane - Queensland, Australia, 22 August 1949, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Plot: F-17-33 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 232 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 232, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 232, 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
Correct name- Patrick Christopher Pluck.
When Patrick Christopher Pluck enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Patrick Pluck, Petrie Bight. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 25, his name is also recorded as Patrick Christopher Pluck, as is his death registration held by BDM Qld.
He was admitted to Eventide Nursing Home, Sandgate, Qld, in Mar 1949 suffering a heart condition. On his admission record it notes his name as Patrick Christopher Pluck and that; he was aged 68 and born 6 Jan 1881 at Galway, Ireland; he was single and prior occupation was Fireman; he was a Boer War veteran; and that he had previously lived at Bunya. His funeral notice notes he had also lived at Gympie prior to Bunya.
Patrick Christopher Pluck was born on 6 Jan 1881 at Galway, Ireland, a son to Patrick Joseph Pluck and Julia Mary Pluck (nee Luff).
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 514; Qld State Archives- Boer War Sevice Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 25; Eventide Nursing Home admission record).
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