Joseph Francis VARDY

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VARDY, Joseph Francis

Service Number:	221
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, 20 May 1874
Home Town:	Campbelltown, Campbelltown Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 221, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 221, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes the 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
1 Jun 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 484.
29 Dec 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 484.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 221, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th embarked 5 Jul 1901 returning to Australia aboard Britannic arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Joseph Francis VARDY was born on 20th May, 1874 in Campbelltown, NSW

His parents were Michael Andrew John VARDY & Mary Ellen Frances DOWNING who married in St Benedicts Church on 19th August, 1873

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Joseph Francis Vardy (full name Joseph Francis Bede Vardy) was the son of Michael Andrew John Vardy who at the time of his enlistment was Police Magistrate at Campbelltown NSW. Sometime after completing his Boer War service he returned to South Africa where he was a farmer when he married Muriel Violet Irene Newlands on 31 August 1908 at Durban, South Africa. They had at least one child in South Africa but no further records can be found.

(source- Familysearch online records- Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004).

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