WILMOT, Matthew
| Service Number: | 277 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | 1 January 1859, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Carcinoma of the Stomach and Exhaustion, 5 August 1919, aged 60 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 277, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 277, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 29 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 277, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Invalided due to Malarial Fever and shipped to England where he convalesced for 3 months. Embarked 6 Jul 1901 from England aboard Orizaba returning to Australia arriving at Brisbane and discharged 29 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Mathew Wilmot was originally from Victoria and it is unclear why he was in Queensland when he enlisted in the 3rd Queensland Contingent to serve in the South African (Boer) War. Apparently an outdoors man who had various occupations including horse breaking, carting and mining, he was likely in Queensland for work.
While serving in South Africa Mathew was taken ill with Malarial Fever and debility and spent time in hospitals in Bloemfontein and Woodstock. His situation not improving he was shipped to England where he convalesced for 3 months during which time he met a English lady and they married on 4 Jul 1901, just prior to his return to Australia.
On 6 Jul 1901 Mathew and his new bride set sail from England aboard the Orizaba to return to Australia. They disembarked at Brisbane where he was discharged on 29 Aug 1901. After his discharge, Mathew and his wife relocated to settle for some time in Rockhampton. At some point he has made his way back to Victoria where he would pass away in 1919 and is intered at the Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery in Kew, Victoria.
(source- Extracted from Bio provided to the Australian Boer War Memorial database by his Great Neice, Marie Cooper (nee Wilmot), Auckland, New Zealand).