Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor:Henry Matthew told by his daughter he was also known as Harry Hodges, Jones

Ancestor's date of birth: 09/03/1876

Ancestor's date of death: 14/05/1954

Cause of Death: Acute pulmonary Oedema b Coronary occlusion

Service Number: 124

Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided

Unit: 5^th Queensland Imperial Bushmen

Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On enlistment

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service

Murray Page: 496

Contingent: Fifth Queensland

Ship: Templemore, Date of Sailing: 06/03/1901

Memorial details: buried Kilcoy Cemetery

Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal, Orange Free State, Natal, SA 1901 and SA 1902 clasps.

Personal Characteristics: From my memories as a child he was very much a gentleman and a very kind Grandfather.

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: April 1901 - March 1902 in east Transvaal, Free State including defeat at Mokari Drift (27 September 1901), and Natal border campaign including stand at Onverwacht (4 January 1902) where 13 died and 17 wounded.

Service and life after the Boer War: Married Jessie Ellen Mewett at Methodist Church Caboolture Queensland, Marriage Registered 29 December 1906.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Barbara Kay Shennan, Toogoom QLD

Relationship to Ancestor: Grandaughter

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