JEFFERSON, Thomas William Joseph
| Service Number: | 190 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Bugler |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Manchester, England, United Kingdom, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Bugler, 190, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 4 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Bugler, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 40, notes promoted to Bugler on 4 Mar 1901. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Bugler, 190, 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, Bugler, 190, 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
When Thomas William Joseph Jefferson enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father Mr. T Jefferson, Toowoomba. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 40, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. A. Jefferson, Toowoomba.
It appears he also served in WW1, Corporal S.N. 1002, 9th Infantry Battalion AIF seeing action at Gallipoli where he was wounded and subsequently died in hospital at Cairo, Egypt, on 22 Jul 1915.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 497; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 40).
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