All that can presently (June 2019) be gleaned from sheet music covers and by internet searching is that J.H. de Boos has 3 works published between 1891-2 and 1912.
Of ragtime interest is
The Piccaninnies' Picnic (1891-2) published by
Allan & Co. Pty. Ltd, Melbourne, Australia.
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