MALCOLM, John
| Service Number: | 191 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Invergarry, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1866 |
| Home Town: | Aloomba, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cane Farmer |
| Died: | Enteric Fever, Kroonstad, South Africa, 22 July 1901 |
| Cemetery: |
Germiston (Primrose) Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Anzac Square Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement 191 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Quartermaster Sergeant, 191, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 191, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 6 Jun 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Quartermaster Sergeant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 513 notes promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant 6 Jun 1901. | |
| 22 Jul 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Quartermaster Sergeant, 191, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 513 notes died of enteric at Kroonstad 22 Jul 1901 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When John Malcolm enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as George Malcolm, Invergarry, Scotland. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, p. 195, it notes following John's death in South Africa the balance of his pay was to be forwarded to his father Goerge Malcolmn, Invergarry, Scotland.
John Malcolm was born in 1866 at Invergarry, Scotland, a son to George Malcolm and his mother's maiden name was Carmichael. A newspaper report on his death from enteric fever in South Africa in the Morning Post (Cairns), 26 Jul 1901, noted prior to embarking he had been resident at Aloomba, where he had been a partner with Mr G. L. Brackenbury, cane farmer. Following his death he was interred at the Primrose Cemetery, South Africa, with his grave marked with a headstone- see find a grave link.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 513 and 541; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 195).
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