 Abt 1862 - 1936 (~ 74 years)
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| Name |
James Robert MCKIMM |
| Birth |
Abt 1862 |
Co. Tyrone, Ireland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
1885 |
Sudan Nominal Roll - James R McKim, also known as: McKinn
Service Number: 220. Rank: Private
Unit: Infantry. Service: Colonial Military Forces
Company: A Company
Conflict: Sudan (NSW Contingent), 1885
Ship embarked on: SS Iberia
Fate: Returned to Australia
Ship returned on: SS Arab
Occupation: Mason
http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/pre_first_world_war/person/R1444988/ |
| Military |
19 Feb 1885 |
220 Private Jack Robert McKimm (also listed as McKinn and known to his family as James McKimm) served with A Company, of the New South Wales Infantry Contingent to the Sudan War in 1885. Born in Ireland, he was 22 years old when he enlisted and was employed as a stone mason. One of his sons, Jack Edwin McKimm, served with 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, in the First World War and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the AIF in the Second World War, while the other, William James McKimm, served with 2 Battalion AIF in the First. One grandson, Ronald Jack McKimm served with 252 Squadron, RAAF in the Second World War, 77 Squadron in the Korean War and with 37 Squadron RAAF in the Vietnam War; another, Kenneth James McKimm, served in Second World War, while his great great grandson, Elliott McKimm has also served in the Australian Army Reserve.
Permalink: http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/REL/15930.001
Age at enlistment 22 years. This would indicate a birth in 1863. However, his death record states he was 69 years old in 1936 which means a birth date of 1867 |
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Egypt Medal and Khedive's Star
Egypt Medal 1882-1889 with the bar 'SUAKIN 1885'.
The recipient's number, rank, name and regiment are engraved on the edge. Obverse: The diademed and veiled head of Queen Victoria with the legend, 'VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX'. Reverse: The Sphinx on a pedestal with the word 'EGYPT' above. The exergue is blank . The medal is fitted with a straight swivel suspender and a single rectangular campaign bar. A piece of 32 mm ribbon which has three bright blue and two white stripes of equal width is attached to the suspender.
Khedive's Bronze Star.
Unnamed as issued. Obverse: In the centre is the Sphinx with the three Great Pyramids in the background. Around this is a raised band, on the upper part of which is embossed 'EGYPT' followed by the dates '1884-6'. The lower part of the band is embossed in Arabic 'KHEDIVE OF EGYPT' with the appropriate date. Reverse: The Khedive's monogram 'T.M.' surmounted by a crown within a raised band. The suspender is a small fixed loop attached between the two uppermost rays of the star. A loose ring is attached to the loop joining a straight laureated bar bearing a crescent moon and a small five pointed star. A small piece of 39 mm plain dark blue ribbon is attached to the suspender bar. |
| Death |
31 Jan 1936 |
Concord West |
- 5256/1936 Entry number in the NSW Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages for the Death of MCKIMM, JAMES ROBERT. 69 YRS CONCORD WEST. Death registered at BURWOOD.
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| Burial |
3 Feb 1936 |
Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney |
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Funeral Notice - Sydney Morning Herald 1st Feb 1936
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| Person ID |
I000504 |
Mills/Rushton Family History |
| Last Modified |
26 Nov 2013 |
| Family |
Rachel Alice BLOOMFIELD, b. 1878, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia d. 1963 (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
1890 |
- 6051/1890 Entry number in the NSW Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages for the Marriage of MCKIMM, JAMES R and BLOOMFIELD, RACHEL A. Marriage registered at PARKES.
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| Address |
1930 - 1963 |
Australia Electoral Rolls 1903 - 1980 |
1930 - "Wiston" Eccles Ave, Ashfield, Ashfield West, Parkes, New South Wales, Australia (Home duties)
1936 - 68 Iandra Street, Concord West, Mortlake, Martin, New South Wales, Australia (Home duties)
1949 - 68 Iandra Street, Concord West, Yaralla, Lowe, New South Wales, Australia (Home duties)
1954 - 1 Bent Street, Chester Hill, Bass Hill, Reid, New South Wales, Australia (Home duties)
1958 - 11 Bent Street, Chester Hill, Bass Hill, Reid, New South Wales, Australia (Home duties)
1963 - Bent Street, Chester Hill, Bass Hill, Reid, New South Wales, Australia (Home duties) |
| Children |
| | 1. Pamela May MCKIMM, b. 1891 d. 12 Sep 1982 (Age 91 years) |
| | 2. Elsie Lelia MCKIMM, b. 1892 d. 1951 (Age 59 years) |
| | 3. Ethel Maud MCKIMM, b. 1895 d. 1960 (Age 65 years) |
| + | 4. Jack Edwin MCKIMM, b. 7 Apr 1897 d. 11 May 1957 (Age 60 years) |
| | 5. William James Gerald MCKIMM, b. 1899 d. 20 Sep 1985 (Age 86 years) |
| | 6. Geraldine Minnie MCKIMM, b. 1902 d. 23 Oct 1990 (Age 88 years) |
| | 7. Dorothy Jean Bloomfield MCKIMM, b. 1905 d. 1972 (Age 67 years) |
| + | 8. Robert Bloomfield MCKIMM, b. 16 Feb 1907, Parkes, NSW d. 12 Jul 1975 (Age 68 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] |
| | 9. Thomas Lynton MCKIMM, b. 1911 d. 1980 (Age 69 years) |
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| Family ID |
F000183 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
25 Nov 2013 |
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