TIFFEN, John William
| Service Number: | 389 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Campbells Creek, Victoria, Australia, 1851 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Prahan, Victoria, Australia, 12 November 1944 |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Church of England FA-COE*T***6896 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 389, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 389, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 1 Jun 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Shoeing-Smith, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 166, notes promoted to Shoeing-Smith 1 Jun 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Shoeing-Smith, 389, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
TIFFEN.— On November 12, at the resisidence of Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, 20 Percy-street, Prahran, his friends, John William, an old Boer war veteran, aged 93.
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When John William Tiffen enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. S. Jenkins, South Broken Hill, NSW. In the original nominal roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his N.O.K. was his sister.
In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 166, it is noted he recieved a travel pass following his discharge to travel to Cairns and later gave his address as Mareeba and then Atherton Hotel, Atherton.
(AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 517; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 6; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 166).
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