Oliver Beauchamp ST JOHN

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ST JOHN, Oliver Beauchamp

Service Number:	181
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 9 March 1883
Home Town:	Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 181, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
4 Mar 1901:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2 p. 31 notes promoted to Regimental Orderly Room Sergeant on 4 Mar 1901.
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 181, 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.
27 Mar 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 181, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Newspaper report, discharged in South Africa for employment. AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes remainder of 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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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Oliver Beauchamp St John 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 mother Mrs. H. J. St John, Warwick.

Oliver Beauchamp St John was born on 9 Mar 1883 at Warwick, a son to Henry Jervis St John and Jane St John (nee Horton). Newspaper report in 1902 indicates he was discharged in South Africa to take up employment prior to the 5th QIB returning to Australia. He was back in Australia by 1907 when he married Margaret Elizabeth Curnow on 29 Apr 1907 in Sydney.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 497; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk. 2 p. 31).

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