William John THOMASSON

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THOMASSON, William John

Service Number:	359
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Rochford- Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 4 November 1877
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Worker
Died:	Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 5 June 1946, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Monumental West Side, Row E4
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 359, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 359, 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, 359, 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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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

William John Thomasson was born on 4 Nov 1877 at Rochford near Cherters Towers, Queensland, a son to John Storey Thomasson and Janet Cooper Thomasson (nee Winterbottom or Laurensen).

After his return from his Boer War service he married Margaret Thompson on 29 Dec 1909 and they made their way to Cairns in 1912, they had two children. He worked for the Railway Department in Cairns for 27 years before retiring due to ill health.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 486; Obituary & Death Notice various newspapers).

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