HUTCHENS, Harold John
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Morningside, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Doctor |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Captain, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 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, Captain, 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Harold John Hutchens was born in England and trained there to become a medical doctor. He came to Brisbane to be a Medical Officer appointed by the Epedemic Joint Board in Brisbane to deal with a plague outbreak in 1900. He became Medical Suoerintendant at the newly established Plague Hospital at Colmslie in Brisbane.
In 1901 he enlisted with the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen for service as a Captain/Medical Officer in the South African (Boer) War. Newspaper reports have him remaining in South Africa for further service when the remainder of the 5th returned to Australia. He was awarded a D.S.O. in 1902 for his service. Its unclear whether he returned to Australia or to England following completion of his service in South Africa.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 492; various newspaper articles in links on this profile).
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