George Thomas NUGENT

NUGENT, George Thomas

Service Number: 151
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born: Queensland, Australia, 26 February 1879
Home Town: South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 October 1920, aged 41 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
Plot: 7A-148-11
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 151
4 Apr 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 151, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
23 Jun 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 151, 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.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

George Thomas Nugent was born on 26 Feb 1879 in Queensland, a son to Thomas Partlan Nugent and Catherine Nugent (nee O'Shaughnessy). When he enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB his father was deceased and he noted his N.O.K. as his sister Miss E. Nugent (Elizabeth Ada Nugent), Highgate Hill. He married Catherine Ann Golloghy on 18 Jul 1904 at Gatton, Queensland, and they had 1 child.