MATHISON, William
| Service Numbers: | 191, 35 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Skanderborg Kommune, Midtjylland, Denmark, 4 April 1872 |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 24 May 1937, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warwick General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 191, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 35, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 35, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked a8 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 35, 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 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. | |
| 19 May 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 191, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 530 notes 7th BACH embarked at Pinkenba 19 May 1902 aboard Custodian arriving Durban 22 Jun 1902. | |
| 9 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 191, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 530 notes 7th BACH embarked 28 Jun 1902 at Durban aboard Manchester Merchant returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 2 Aug 1902, disbanded 9 Aug 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
(Martin) William Mathison was born 4 April 1872 at Skanderborg, Denmark and was living in Warwick, Qld when he first enlisted. He would serve twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private S.N. 35 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, second as a Private S.N. 191 in the 7th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse.
After returning from the war he returned to live in the Warwick district and married Mary Ann Willett on 8 Apr 1906.
(source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 480 & 535; Oz-Boer Database Project; Qld BDM Registery).
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
After an illness of four months, the death' occurred' on Sunday of Mr. Martin William Mathison, a respected resident of the Warwick district. The late Mr. Mathison, who resided in Dragdon-street, was 65 years of age. Born in Skandaborg, Sweden, in 1872, he came to Australia in the ship, Duke of Buckingham, landing at' Moreton Bay in 1898, 'He settled' in the district, and farmed a property on Glen road for many years before coming to live in Warwick. Beside his widow, he is survived by two daughters (Miss Doris Mathison, Baking Board, near Chinchilla; and Mrs. A, V. Hughes, Brisbane), and by four sons (Messrs Sid., Peter and Thomas Mathison, Stanthorpe; and Mr. Harold Mathison, Warwick).
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