THOMPSON, Hiram Preston
| Service Number: | 301 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Stanley, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 301, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 19 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 301, 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. | |
| 17 Dec 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 301, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Empire arriving Brisbane 10 Dec 1900, discharged 17 Dec 1900. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Hiram Preston Thompson served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 301 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. When he enlisted for his first service he gave his N.O.K. as Hiram Thompson at Stanley, Victoria. His second service was as a Private S.N. 688 in the 2nd Draft of the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. In the AWM Boer War Nominal Roll for this second service, Murray, p. 519 notes every officer and man except one, had served in 3rd and 4th Queensland Contingents.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 485 & 519; The Queenslander, 19 May 1900 p. 940).
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