WADLEY, William Isaac
| Service Number: | 114 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Longford, Tasmania, Australia, 18 December 1877 |
| Home Town: | Bishopsbourne, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Enteric Fever, Polokwane, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa, 18 April 1901, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria, South Africa Grave 610 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Boer War Memorial, Launceston Boer War Memorial, Longford War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 114 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 114, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen | |
| 26 Apr 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 114, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen | |
| 18 Apr 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 114, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen, Died of disease. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William Isaac WADLEY was born in Longford, Tasmania on 5th December, 1877
His parents were William Ernest WADLEY & Louisa LANSDELL
He died of Enteric Fever in South Africa on 18th April, 1901
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Trooper, Third Tas Contingent, Fourth Bushmen
Service Number 114, Service Colonial Military Forces; Boer War. Died of disease.
Next of kin listed as Mr. William Wadley of "Como" Bishopbourne Tasmania.
Major Lewis points out how bravely he bore himself when Captain Sale was shot at Pietersburg. Wadley went up to the wounded man while the sniper was still concealed close by, and tried to stop his bleeding. Wadley escaped the Boer's bullet only to die of enteric fever later.
From his private letters we find that he was always brave and unselfish, even in the thickest of danger, and never thinking of himself. He does not seem to have ever been wounded, but he had fever twice, another illustration of the fact, that disease generally kills more than war does, in war time.
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