MADDOCK, George Hamilton Sydney
| Service Number: | 170 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Warwick, Queensland Australia, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Yeerongpilly, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | 29 July 1960, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Annerley Stephens Shire Council Residents Honour Board 2 |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 170, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 170, 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, Sergeant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483 notes promoted to Sergeant 1 Jun 1900. | |
| 5 Jul 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 170, 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
George Hamilton Sydney Maddock was born in 1874 near Warwick, Queensland, a son to Rigby James Maddock and Laura Casandra Maddock (nee Barnes). He married Frances Mary Queale on 5 Sep 1911 in Queensland.
He served twice in the South African (Boer) War and also enlisted for WW1. First service was as a Private (rising to Sergeant) S.N. 170 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 692 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Third service was as a Private/Trooper S.N. 1304 in the 1st Camel Regiment (11th Light Horse Reg.), AIF, WW1.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483 & 519; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).
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