MADDOCK, George Hamilton Sydney
| Service Numbers: | 692, 1304 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Warwick, Queensland Australia, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Yeerongpilly, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | 21 July 1960, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 692 | |
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| 26 Sep 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 692, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 2nd Draft of the 6th QIB embarked at Sydney 26 Sep 1901 aboard Harlech Castle arriving Cape Town 26 Oct 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 692, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1304, Camel Corps | |
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| 12 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1304, Camel Corps, Embarked at Sydney aboard HMAT Medic A7 | |
| 12 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 1304, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Emabrked at Suez for return to Australia aboard HT Wiltshire. | |
| 21 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1304, 11th Light Horse Regiment |
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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).