TIERNEY, Thomas Morgan
| Service Number: | 500 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 June 1869 |
| Home Town: | Laidley, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor, Horse Trainer |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 22 October 1922, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Laidley Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 500, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 10 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 500, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB Draft embarked at Pinkenba 10 Mar 1901 aboard Chicago arriving Port Elizabeth 20 Apr 1901 | |
| 23 Dec 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 500, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 14, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Monarch arriving Brisbane 16 Dec 1901, discharged 23 Dec 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
He served in the South African (Boer) War and enlisted again for WW1 but was discharged as medically unfit before embarking.
When Thomas Morgan Tierney enlisted in 1901, he was part of a draft of men established to follow, and embarked some four days after, the main 5th QIB contingent to South Africa. The men in the draft were not included in the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives. He is however, included in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 14, where it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. M. A. Tierney, "The Hut", Western Rd, Parramatta, NSW.
He enlisted again in 1916 for WW1 but was later found medically unfit and discharged before embarking. On his Attestation Paper, dated 11 Feb 1916, it was noted that; he was born at Sydney, NSW, and was 44 years 6 months of age; he was married and a horse trainer; his N.O.K. was his wife Mrs. Catherine Tierney, Laidley, Qld; and he had previously served with the 5th QIB in South Africa.
Thomas Morgan Tierney was born on 29 Jun 1869 at Sydney, NSW, a son to Joseph John Tierney and Mary Ann Tierney (nee Larden). He married Catherine Josephine Howe on 17 Jan 1901 at St Bridget's Roman Catholic Church, Rosewood, and they had 5 children. He lived and worked as a tailor in Ipswich and Rosewood before settling with his family in Laidley.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 504; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 14; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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