Dielmann Jacob SMITH

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SMITH, Dielmann Jacob

Service Number:	112
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 17 February 1879
Home Town:	Hendon, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Porter, Train Conductor
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 August 1956, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 112, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 112, 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.
16 Nov 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 112, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Qld Boer War Paybooks notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Aberdeen arriving Melbourne 4 Nov 1901, discharged 16 Nov 1901.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Dielemann Jacob Smith was born 17 Feb 1879 in Queensland, a son to Dielemann Smith and Elizabeth Smith (nee Mandall). He was residing in Hendon, Queensland, when he enlisted. He married Annie Louisa Kirby on 11 Aug 1901 in Warwick, Queensland and they had 1 child.

He worked as a railway porter in Warwick, Gympie, Brisbane and Toowoomba, and as a train conductor in Brisbane until his retirement.

(sources AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 495; State Archives Qld= Boer War Service Paybooks; Allora Historical Society Inc- Tribute to Boer War Servicemen: D. J. Smi-h, Facebook).

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