SPIDEN, Robert Aleck
| Service Number: | 103 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 April 1902, Wilston, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , 31 August 1881 |
| Home Town: | Thinoomba, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Bushman |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Brisbane General Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 August 1902, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Portion 11 Section 50 Plot 15 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 103, Australian Commonwealth Horse, 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 29 Apr 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 103, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Wilston, Brisbane, Qld. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Robert Alick SPIDEN was born in Maryborough, Queensland on 31st August, 1881
His parents were Robert SPIDEN & Margaret nee BROPHY
He died of pneumonia in Brisbane General Hospital on 17th August, 1901
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
We mentioned in a recent issue that Trooper Alick Spiden, of the Thinoomba district, who had returned from South Africa in the Drayton Grange, was lying dangerously ill in the Brisbane Hospital, and we now regret to record that he died there on Sunday, from pneumonia, one of the victims of the scandalous overcrowding of the Drayton Grange. He was a fine young fellow, eldest son of Mr. Robert Spiden, of Wedderburn, Thinoomba, and was just 21 years of age. He was not only a member of one of our best known and most respected country families, but was highly esteemed in the Wide Bay and Burnett district, in which he had grown up.
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