BRIDGES, Thomas George
Service Number: | 365 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 May 1876 |
Home Town: | Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Suicide, Sandgate, Queensland, Australia, 16 July 1907, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
Nundah Cemetery, Brisbane Plot: 6-5-209 |
Memorials: |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 365, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 365, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
1 Jun 1900: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 486 notes promoted to Corporal. | |
10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 365, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Thomas George Bridges was born on 17 May 1876 in Brisbane (likely Nundah), Queensland, a son to Thomas Bridges and Margaret Elizabeth Bridges (nee Lee). His father was an elected Member of The Legislative Assembly of Queensland 1896-1907 and 1909-1918 for the seat of Nundah.
Thomas George Bridges served in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen in the South African (Boer) War, returning to live in Brisbane. He never married and suffered ongoing affects from the war leading him to take his life in Jul 1907.
(sources- various newspaper reports- see links on profile).