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PRICE, James George

Personal Details

Service Numbers:	311, 1, 201
Enlisted:	23 November 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
Born:	Deal, Kent, England, 1 January 1866
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 June 1931, aged 65 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Church of England section
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

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Service History

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Warrant Officer I, 1, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant Major , 311, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
1 Nov 1899:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant Major , 1, 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.
1 Jun 1900:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Regimental Sergeant Major, 1, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
18 Aug 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant Major , 1, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives- Boer War Dossier notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Persic arriving Brisbane 18 Aug 1900 after which he rejoined the permanent staff of the Qld Defence Force.
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant Major , 311, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
30 Apr 1901:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Regimental Sergeant Major, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500 notes promoted to Regimental Sergeant-Major Warrant Officer on 30 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Warrant Officer I, 311, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

World War 1 Service

23 Nov 1914:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Orderly Room Sergeant, 201, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , Liverpool, New South Wales
1 Apr 1915:	Promoted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps

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Links and Documents

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• Australian Casualties - The Telegraph (Brisb), 8 Jun 1900, p. 4
• Australian War Memorial - Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Roll (1st service)
• Australian War Memorial - Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Roll (2nd service)
• AWM Honours and Awards - Awarded MiD
• Fifth Contingent: Probable Officers - The Queensland Times, 14 Feb 1901, p. 5
• Find-a-grave - Link
• Funeral Notice - The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Jnu 1931, p. 9
• NAA - Attestation Paper and Service Record
• NAA - Boer War Dossier
• National Archives Australia- Military Officer's Service Record
• Oz Boer Database Project (1)
• Oz Boer Database Project (2)
• Returning Invalids - The Telegraph (Brisb), 3 Aug 1900, p. 2
• Return of The 5th Contingent - The Queenslander, 26 Apr 1902, p. 894

• Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 1 p. 24
• London Gazette, 29 Jul 1902, Price (MiD)

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