Douglas Herbert PERRY

PERRY, Douglas Herbert

Service Number: 187
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born: Victoria, Australia, 1878
Home Town: Warrandyte, Manningham, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Victoria, Australia, 7 January 1935, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Plot: Garden Of Remembrance 1, Section 13, Niche 46
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 187
4 Apr 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 187, 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.
12 Jun 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 187, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 191, notes returned to Australia aboard Aurania arriving Brisbane 5 Jun 1902, discharged 12 Jun 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Douglas Herbert Perry enisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. E. Perry, Warrandyte, Victoria. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, p. 191, notes he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. E. Perry, Warrandyte, Victoria.

Douglas Herbert Perry was born in 1878 in Victoria, a son to George Perry and Esther Perry (nee Baker). He married Kathleen Muriel Venn in 1911 in Victoria and they had 1 child.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 513; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 191)

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