WYLIE, James
| Service Number: | 42 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 16 May 1877 |
| Home Town: | Eudlo, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tinsmith |
| Died: | Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, 20 September 1931, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Innisfail Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 42, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 4 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 178, notes promoted to Corporal 4 mar 1901. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 42, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 42, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Served in both the South African (Boer) war and WW1. First service was as a Corporal S.N. 42, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 3372, 2nd Light Horse Regiment AIF, WW1.
His younger brother, Allan Malcolm Wylie S.N. 43, also served with him in the 5th QIB, Boer war.
When James Wylie enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father J. M. Wylie, Eudlo, North Coast Line. In the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his father was recorded as James M. Wylie.
He enlisted again in 1917 at Townsville, while living at Innisfail, for WW1. On his Attestation Paper, dated 10 Feb 1917, it is noted that; he was born at Brisbane and was 38 years 9 months old; he was married and working as a Tinsmith; he had been apprenticed to J. M. Wylie, East Brisbane; his N.O.K. was his wife Mrs. Sarah Wylie, Innisfail; and he had previously served with the 5th QIB in South Africa.
James Wylie was born on 16 May 1877 at Brisbane, a son to James Malcolm Wylie and Isabella Wylie (nee Wallace). He married Sarah Burdekin Wilson (nee O'Keefe) in Queensland and they had 2 children while living in the Innisfail/Atherton Tablelands district.
(Source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 494; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 2; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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