Hiram Preston THOMPSON

THOMPSON, Hiram Preston

Service Number: 688
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born: Not yet discovered
Home Town: Stanley, Indigo, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 688
26 Sep 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 688, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 2nd Draft of the 6th QIB embarked at Sydney 26 Sep 1901 aboard Harlech Castle arriving Cape Town 26 Oct 1901.
23 Jun 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 688, 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

Hiram Preston Thompson served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 301 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. When he enlisted for his first service he gave his N.O.K. as Hiram Thompson at Stanley, Victoria. His second service was as a Private S.N. 688 in the 2nd Draft of the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. In the AWM Boer War Nominal Roll for this second service, Murray, p. 519 notes every officer and man except one, had served in 3rd and 4th Queensland Contingents.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 485 & 519; The Queenslander, 19 May 1900 p. 940).

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