RIDGELEY, James
| Service Number: | 266 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, 1866 |
| Home Town: | Nerang, Gold Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 266, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 266, 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. | |
| 10 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 266, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 113, notes discharged in South Africa on 26 Mar 1902 to await passage to England. Sailed to England aboard Manhattan and officially discharged in England on 10 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When James Ridgeley enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his brother Jesse B. Ridgeley, Nerang Creek. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 113, it is noted that following completion of his service he sailed for England where he was discharged in Jun 1902.
A small amount of information on him has been provided by a family relative for his biography entry on the Australian Boer War Memorial database. It indicates he was born in 1886 and the family had farmed in the Nerang area of south east Qld after emigrating to Australia (its assumed from England).
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 113; Australian Boer War Memorial Database- Bio).