William Henry STARKEY

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STARKEY, William Henry

Service Number:	131
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 June 1881
Home Town:	Windsor, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Laundry Manager
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 23 February 1933, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Plot: Monumental-RC1-24-23
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 131
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 131, 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, 131, 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

William Henry Starkey was born on 28 Jun 1881 at Brisbane, Queensland, a son to James Starkey and Ellen Starkey (nee Sharpe). When he enlisted in the 6th QIB in 1901 he noted his N.O.K. as his father James Starkey at Wooloowin, Brisbane. He married Catherine Agnes Felby on 24 Nov 1909 in Brisbane and they had 1 child.

They resided in the then suburb of Swan Hill, which was absorbed into the current suburb of Windsor, in Brisbane. He worked at Fish's laundry in Brisbane for many years before taking the position of manager of the General Hospital laundry a few years before he passed.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murry p. 512; Obituary, The Brisbane Courier, 24 Feb 1933).

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