ROCKLEY, George William
| Service Number: | 487 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Farrier Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 487, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 487, 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. | |
| 9 Dec 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Farrier Sergeant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503, notes promoted Farrier-Sergeant 9 Dec 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Farrier Sergeant, 487, 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. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When George William Rockley 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 father J. G. Rockley, Bowen Hills. Note- he was reported in the newspaper with the incorrect service number of 484.
In the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, he is recorded under service number 487 and his N.O.K. is recorded as his father James G. Rockley, Bowen Hills. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 152, under service number 487 his address after discharge is noted as Abbotsford Rd, Bowen Hills.
George William Rockley was born in 1875 at Toorak, Melbourne, a son to James George Rockley and Janet Rockley (nee Russell).
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 8; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 152).
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