STIBBARDS, David
| Service Number: | 113 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Longton, England, United Kingdon, 3 February 1872 |
| Home Town: | Barcaldine, Barcaldine, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher, Skating Rink Proprietor, Cinema Proprietor. |
| Died: | Blackall, , Queensland, Australia, 17 May 1951, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Barcaldine Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Section 8 Plot 644 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 113, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 113, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 113, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
DEATH OF MR D.
STIBBARDS
BARCALDINE, May 18. Mr. D. Stlbbard , 79, died at Blackall on Thursday. His body was interred at Barcaldine today. Mr Stibbards was a foundation member of the RSL in 1919 and also a foundation member of the Royal Society of St. George. He was a Boer War veteran.
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
David Stibbards was born on 3 Feb 1872 in Longton, England, a son to David Stibbards and Martha Stibbards (nee Dawson). At the age of 19 he emigrated to Queensland making his way to Barcaldine and then venturing to Tamworth, NSW. He married Ada Mary Adams in 1895 at Tamworth with their first daughter born there in 1897.
After joining and serving with the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen in the South African (Boer) War he returned with his family to Barcaldine. He worked a variety of occupations in the area establishing a number of butcher shops, a skating rink and picture show, building and opening the Radio Theatre in 1926, and spent his later years as a grazier on his property 'Hanley' outside Barcaldine.
He and Ada raised 8 children.
(source- Obituary - The Longreach Leader, 25 May 1951)
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