John Smith HENZEEL

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HENZEEL, John Smith

Service Number:	161
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 161, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 161, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 161, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

It appears that John Smith Henzeel has been incorrectly recorded by surname on the AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 496. Boer War Service paybooks for the 5th Qld Imperial Bushmen held by the Qld State Archives indicate his surname to be Henzell. He requested part of his Boer War service pay to be directed to his sister Ms A. B. (Ada Bertha) Henzell.

It appears he also enlisted and served again in WW1 under the name John Smith Henzell serving as a Private S.N. 1720 in the 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance. His WW1 enlistment attestation paper notes his previous Boer War service in the 5th Qld Contingent, that he was single and 40 years old, born in Stanthorpe, and his N.O.K. was his father Thomas Smith Henzell.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 496; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk. 2, p. 11; National Archives Australia- WW1 service records).

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