Frederick Gregg BLUNT

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BLUNT, Frederick Gregg

Service Number:	256
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 10 May 1881
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Switch Board Attendant
Died:	Accidental, Oliphants River, South Africa, Olifants River, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 17 April 1901, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Pietersburg Garden of Remembrance, South Africa
Memorials:	Anzac Square Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 256
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 256, 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.
17 Apr 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 256, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Frederick Gregg Blunt 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 father S. Blunt, Coorparoo. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 103, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. E. Blunt, Coorparoo.

Frederick Gregg Blunt was born on 10 May 1881 in Queensland, a son to Samuel Blunt and Isabella Blunt (nee Gregg). He was performing sentry duty when he, his Captain , and four other men were investigating a possible observed intruder. They were searching at extended order when he was mistaken as the intruder and accidentally shot and killed by the Captain.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498 and 541; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 103; various newspaper articles).

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