Joseph Francis HUMPHRIS DSO, VD, MID

HUMPHRIS, Joseph Francis

Other Name: Humphries, Francis Joseph - AWM - Honours and Awards
Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 2nd South Australian Mounted Contingent
Born: McLaren Vale, South Australia , 6 May 1868
Home Town: Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Soldier
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Boer War Service

12 Mar 1902: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, Officer, 2nd South Australian Mounted Contingent

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922

Name Joseph Francis Humphris
Birth Date 6 May 1868
Birth Place McLaren Vale
Registration Place Willunga, South Australia, Australia
Father Edmund Humphris
Mother Frederina Gotte
Page number 189
Volume Number 63

 

Senior subaltern for contingent

Promoted to Captain 1 July 1900

Awarded DSO and Mentioned in Despatches during service with this contingent

Also awarded the  Volunteer Officers' Decoration (VD)  - The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers Decoration could be awarded for twenty years of service as a part-time commissioned officer in any of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces

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