SHEEHAN, David
| Service Number: | 302 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 20 June 1872 |
| Home Town: | North Pine, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 July 1949, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lawnton Cemetery Plot: D / D-VI / 0016 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 302 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 302, 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. | |
| 1 May 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 89, notes promoted to Corporal 1 May 1901. | |
| 4 Jan 1902: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 302, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515, notes severely wounded at Beginsel 4 Jan 1902. | |
| 12 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 302, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 89, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Aurania arriving Brisbane 5 Jun 1902, discharged 12 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When David Sheehan 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 Mrs. Sheehan, North Pine. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 89, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. J. Sheehan, North Pine. The placename of North Pine changed to Petrie in 1911.
David Sheehan was born on 20 Jun 1872 in Queensland, a son to David Sheehan and Johanna Sheehan (nee O'Brien). The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB note that following his discharge he applied for a disability pension on 25 Aug 1902 and this was approved for life. When he passed in 1949 his probate notice published in newspapers indicate he was a pensioner last living at Kalangur via Petrie, which is in the vicinity of the old North Pine location.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 89).
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