BARTON, William Leslie
| Other Name: | Barton, William |
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| Service Numbers: | 642, 64 |
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Drover, Bush Labourer |
| Died: | 4 January 1907, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Townsville (Belgian Gardens) Cemetery, Qld Sect F, Sub 2, Row 5, Plot 106 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 642 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 64, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 64, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 1 Apr 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 64, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided due to Dysentery returned to Australia aboard Victorian arriving Brisbane 25 Mar 1901, discharged 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 20 Aug 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 642, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes part of the 1st Draft of the 6th QIB which embarked 20 Aug 1901 at Sydney aboard Britannic arriving Cape Town 22 Sep 1901. | |
| 28 Nov 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 80, notes promoted to Corporal on 28 Nov 1901. | |
| 12 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 642, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 80, notes returned to Australia aboard Aurania arriving Brisbane 5 Jun 1902, discharged 12 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Note- William Barton also served on a second occasion under the name William Leslie Barton and appears he also went by the name Leslie George Barton.
William Leslie Barton served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service, under the name William Barton, was as a Private S.N. 64 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry. Second service, under the name William Leslie Barton, was as as a Private rising to Corporal S.N. 642 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (1st Draft).
When he joined the 3rd QMI in 1900 and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 3 Mar 1900, it noted he was married and his address was c/- E. Easton, Mount Morgan. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 3rd QMI, Bk 1 p. 33, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his wife Mrs. A. E. Barton, and under his name his address post discharge was entered as 142 Brunswick St, Valley. He was invalided from the 3rd QMI and was discharged in Brisbane 1 Apr 1901.
Not long after he was selected in the First Draft of the 6th QIB and embarked again for South Africa in Aug 1901. The members of the draft mainly consisted of men who had served in previous contingents in South Africa and were assembled as reinforcements for the 5th and 6th QIB contingents already in South Africa.
Men in the draft were not recorded in the original nominal roll for the 6th QIB. He was however, recorded in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB (to which he was allotted), Bk 4 p. 80, where it was noted he directed part of his pay to his wife Mrs. Alice Eleanor Barton, 142 Brunswick, St, Valley.
The Brisbane Courier, 16 May 1902, notes when the 5th QIB embarked to return to Australia that, S.N. 642, Corporal Wm. L. Barton, remained in South Africa for further service. The service paybooks note he was returned to Brisbane where he was discharged 12 Jun 1902.
William Leslie Barton is believed to have been born in NSW though a place and date has not been ascertained. He married (under the name Leslie George Barton) on 18 Dec 1893 to Alice Eleanor Crain in Queensland and they had 4 children.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468 & 518; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 3rd QMI, Bk 1 p. 33, and 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 80).
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