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BOCOCK, Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 63 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia, 1871 |
| Home Town: | Wollombi, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia, 16 June 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Muswellbrook General Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 63, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 63, 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. | |
| 21 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 63, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Edward Bowcock (recorded by Murray as Bocock) was born in Wollombi, NSW in 1871, a son to Timothy and Mary Bowcock. When he enlisted in Brisbane in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry he noted he was single and from Wollumbi, NSW.
After his service he returned to NSW and in 1905 he married Clara J. Trigg in Sydney. Prior to his death in 1948 he and his wife had resided in Yarrawa, NSW where they farmed for 14 years.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468; Obituary, Muswellbrook Chronicle, 2 Jul 1948).
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