GORMAN, Jerome Theige
| Service Number: | 22 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 18 June 1855 |
| Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Unknown |
| Died: | Meningitis, Hospital in Greenport, 17 February 1902, aged 46 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery Military Allottment - Section 4 |
| Memorials: | Anzac Square Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement 22 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Staff Sergeant, 22, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
| 5 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 22, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Ship "Victorian" | |
| 6 Jun 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Quartermaster Sergeant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
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Jerome Theile GORMAN enlisted with the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (Colonial Military Forces)
He was promoted to Orderly-Room Sergeant on 6th June, 1901
Jerome died in Hospital in Greenport of Menginitis on 17th February, 1902
Buried Maitland Cemetery, Capetown, South Africa
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Jerome was born as Joseph Timothy GORMAN in Mudgee, New South Wales on 18th June, 1855
His parents were James GORMAN who was born in Chester, Cheshire, England and Mary Jane O'BRIEN who came from Chatham in Kent, England - they married on 23rd August, 1854 in the Oakfield Chapel in Mudgee
NOK Mrs. E J THOMPSON, Bathurst, NSW
He married Ellen SIMPSON in Paddington, Sydney in 1879
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