VOLKMAN, Thomas Paul
| Service Number: | 156 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 4 March 1877 |
| Home Town: | Spring Hill, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 17 June 1961, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mareeba Pioneer Cemetery, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 156, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 156 | |
| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 156, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 and 482 notes embarked aboard Manchester Port 18 may 1900 arriving Beria 14 June 1900. | |
| 23 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 156, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided due to Enteric Fever returned to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 16 Jan 1901, discharged 23 Jan 1901. | |
| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 156, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 and 513 notes embarked from Pinkenba, Brisbane aboard Victoria 4 Apr 1901 arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 19 Jul 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Quartermaster Sergeant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 513 notes promoted to Quartermaster-Sergeant on 19 July 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Quartermaster Sergeant, 156, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th embarked 17 May 1902 from Durban aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Thomas Paul Volkman served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private S.N. 156 in the (4th) Queensland Imperial Bushmen, and second as a Private (promoted to Quartermaster-Sergeant) S.N. 156 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushman (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll p. 482, 513).
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Thomas Paul Volkman re-enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. C. Volkman, Spring Hill. He was born on 4 Mar 1877 in Queensland, a son to Charles Emil Volkmann and Caroline Volkman (nee Scholz/Schultz). He was one of two children and his birth is recorded by BDM Qld under the name Paul Thomas Volkman with his older brother under the name Paul George Volkman. He married (under the name of Thomas Paul Volkman) Annie Eliza Cummings on 27 May 1914 and they had one child.
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