SHAW, Farquhar
| Service Number: | 4 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 27 June 1881 |
| Home Town: | Innisfail, Cassowary Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plant Inspector- Agricultural Dept; Stock Inspector- Stock Dept; Licensed Victualler |
| Died: | Halifax, Queensland, Australia, 8 December 1925, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Halifax Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Row 46 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 4 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 4, 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. | |
| 12 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 4, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 25, notes returned to Australia aboard Aurania arriving Brisbane 5 Jun 1902, discharged 12 Jun 1902. |
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NOK F SHAW, Headquarters, Q.D.F., Brisbane
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Farquhar Shaw enlisted in 1901 and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as F. Shaw, Headquarters, Q.D.F., Brisbane. In the original nominal roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. is recorded as being his father.
Farquhar Shaw was born on 27 Jun 1881 in Queensland, a son to Frederick Ellison Shaw and Helen Masterton Shaw (nee Aberdeen). He married Alice Gray on 3 Sep 1906 in Queensland and they had 4 children. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 25, it is noted after discharge he was granted a pass to travel to Geralton, Johnstone River. Geraldton was renamed by the state government in 1910 to Innisfail. Newspaper reports indicate he spent most of his adult life post discharge in the north of Queensland.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 510; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 1; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 25).
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