William John (Bill) CREELMAN

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Service Number:	52
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Victorian Imperial Bushman
Born:	Heathcote, Greater Bendigo, Victoria, 7 December 1867
Home Town:	Hawksburn, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Enteric Fever, Enkeldoorn Hospital, Enkeldoorn, South Africa, 17 September 1900, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Chivhu Old Cemetery, Zimbabwe - Also known as Enkeldoorn Cemetery,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Heathcote Boer War Memorial, Warragul Boer War Memorial

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 52
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 52
1 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 52, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Embarked from Port Melbourne on SS "Victorian". Disembarked at Beira in Portuguese Mozambique. Then Entrained for Rhodesia.
23 May 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman
17 Sep 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 52, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, D.O.D. Enkeldoorn Hospital in Rhodesia. He was buried in the Enkeldoorn Cemetery.

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