Arthur Joseph SPREADBOROUGH

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SPREADBOROUGH, Arthur Joseph

Service Number:	181
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 13 March 1879
Home Town:	Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Works Overseer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 August 1949, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 181
6 Mar 1901:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB notes promoted to Company Sergeant Major on 6 Mar 1901.
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 181, 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, Company Sergeant Major, 181, 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

When Arthur Joseph Spreadborough enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father J. Spreadborough, Warwick. In the Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB p. 185, held by the Qld State Archives, he gave his address as Dragon St, Warwick.

He also served in WW1, Private S.N. 3433, 5th Light Horse Regiment AIF. When he enlisted in Apr 1917 he noted on his Attestation Paper he was aged 38 years 1 month; was born at Warwick; worked as a Works Overseer; previously served in the Boer War in the 6th QIB; was married with 1 child; and his N.O.K. was his wife Ivy May Spreadborough at Dragon St, Warwick.

Arthur Joseph Spreadborough was born on 13 Mar 1879 at Warwick, Queensland, a son to John Spreadborough and Ann Elizabeth Spreadborough (nee Glasby). He married Ivy May Houghton on 31 Dec 1913 at Milton, Queensland and they had 4 children.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, p. 513; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 185; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).

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