Anders Gustav BELIN

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BELIN, Anders Gustav

Service Number:	229
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Tierp, Uppsala, Sweden., 25 February 1876
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Died of wounds, Onverwacht, Transvaal, South Africa, Onverwacht, Limpopo, South Africa, 4 January 1902, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Ermelo Cemetery, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 229, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 229, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 Jan 1902:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 229, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Battle of Onverwacht

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Anders Gustav Belin enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs Emma Belin, Sverp, Sweden. It is noted that both in the newspaper listing and his entry in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 76, his second given name is spelt Gustaf.

Anders Gustaf Belin was born on 25 Feb 1876 at Tierp, Uppsala, Sweden, a son to Johannes Selén (Anders Larsson Belin) and Emma Margreta Olsdr.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 76; FamilySearch Online Genealogy- Sweden Household Examination Books 1880-1930 and Sweden Baptisms 1611-1920).

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